Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Name: Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation
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ISBN: 9781412977418

ISBN-10: 141297741X

ISBN-13: 9781412977418

Edition: 2012

Authors: Michael Quinn Patton

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Book details

List price: $129.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/22/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 488
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Assess and Build Program and Organizational Readiness for Utilization-Focused Evaluation



Assess and Enhance Evaluator Readiness and Competence to Undertake a Utilization-Focused Evaluation



Identify, Organize, and Engage Primary Intended Users: The Personal Factor



Situation Analysis Conducted Jointly With Primary Intended Users



Identify and Prioritize Primary Intended Uses by Determining Priority Purposes



Consider and Build in Process Uses if and as Appropriate



Focus Priority Evaluation Questions



Check That Fundamental Areas for Evaluation Inquiry Are Being Adequately Addressed: Implementation, Outcomes, and Attribution Questions



Determine What Intervention Model or Theory of Change Is Being Evaluated



Negotiate Appropriate Methods to Generate Credible Findings That Support Intended Use by Intended Users



Make Sure Intended Users Understand Potential Methods Controversies and Their Implications



Simulate Use of Findings: Evaluation's Equivalent of a Dress Rehearsal



Gather Data With Ongoing Attention to Use



Organize and Present the Data for Interpretation and Use by Primary Intended Users: Analysis, Interpretation, Judgment, and Recommendations



Prepare an Evaluation Report to Facilitate Use and Disseminate Significant Findings to Expand Influence



Follow Up With Primary Intended Users to Facilitate and Enhance Use



Metaevaluation of Use: Be Aaccountable, Learn, and Improve


Summary and Conclusion