Utilization-Focused Evaluation: The New Century Text
- ISBN-10
- 0803952643
- ISBN-13
- 9780803952645
- Series
- Utilization-Focused Evaluation
- Category
- Science / Life Sciences / Evolution
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-12-10
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Incorporated
- Author
- Michael Quinn Patton
Description
Both practical and theoretical, Utilization-Focused Evaluation: The New Century Text, Third Edition tells how to conduct program evaluations and why to conduct them in the manner prescribed. Each chapter contains a review of the relevant literature and actual case examples to illustrate major points. Finally, the book offers a definite point of view developed from observing much of what has passed for program evaluation that has not been very useful.
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