Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Download or Read eBook Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation PDF written by Michael Quinn Patton and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Michael Quinn Patton |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 489 |
Release | : 2011-08-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781483306971 |
ISBN-13 | : 1483306976 |
Rating | : 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation by : Michael Quinn Patton
Book excerpt: Based on Michael Quinn Patton's best-selling Utilization-Focused Evaluation, this briefer book provides an overall framework and essential checklist steps for designing and conducting evaluations that actually get used. The new material and innovative graphics present the utilization-focused evaluation process as a complex adaptive system, incorporating current understandings about systems thinking and complexity concepts. The book integrates theory and practice, is based on both research and professional experience, and offers new case examples and cartoons with Patton's signature humor.