Patton, Michael Quinn. <br/><br/>
Utilization-focused evaluation :  the new century text / 
author, Michael Quinn Patton. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  SAGE Publications,  1997. 
 - xvi, 431 p. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Toward more useful evaluations. Evaluation use : both challenge and mandate -- What is utilization-focused evaluation? How do you get started? -- Fostering intended use by intended users : the personal factor -- Intended uses of findings -- Intended process uses : impacts of evaluation, thinking and experiences -- Focusing evaluations : choices, options and decisions. Being active-reactive-adaptive : evaluator roles, situational responsiveness, and strategic, contingency thinking -- Beyond the goals. Clarification game : focusing on outcomes -- Focusing an evaluation : alternatives to goals-based evaluation -- Implementation evaluation. What happened in the program? -- The program's theory of action : conceptualizing casual linkages -- Appropriate methods. Evaluations worth using : utilization-focused, methods decisions -- The paradigms debate and a utilitarian synthesis -- The meanings of evaluation data : analysis, interpretation, judgment, and reporting -- Realities and practicalities of utilization-focused evaluation. Power, politics, and ethics -- Utilization-focused evaluation : process and premises. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803952651 (pbk.)  RM217.80 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evaluation research (Social action programs)--United States.