Practical Evaluation

1. Auflage 1982
ISBN: 978-0-8039-1905-1
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

An unusual and very useful book. Provides a first-rate practical primer in evaluation. Sorts out. issues commonsensically and very persuasively, and proceeds to argue for a collaborative evaluation practice. A toolkit of principles and techniques that evaluators who are prepared wholeheartedly to work practically can make their own.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patton, Michael Quinn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

THE PRACTICAL MANDATE
The Source of the Mandate to Be Practical
ISSUES AND OPTIONS
Evaluation Issues in Practical Perspective
Collaborative Evaluation Practice With Groups
FUNDAMENTALS
Practicing With and Without Goals
Thoughful Questionnaires
Thoughtful Interviewing
Thoughtful Methods Decisions
Practical and Creative Evaluation Data Collection
Managing Management Information Systems
Fundamental Principles of Data Analysis
Practical and Useful Recommendations
RETURN TO THE MANDATE
Practical Evaluation

Über Autor(innen)

Patton, Michael Quinn
Michael Quinn Patton is author of more than a dozen books on evaluation including Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, 4th ed (2015), Blue Marble Evaluation (2020), Principles-Focused Evaluation (2018), Facilitating Evaluation (2018) and Developmental Evaluation (2011). Based in Minnesota, he was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota for 18 years and is a former president of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Michael is a recipient of the Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Evaluation Practice Award, the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Evaluation Theory Award, and the Research on Evaluation Award, all from AEA He has also received the Lester F. Ward Distinguished Contribution to Applied and Clinical Sociology Award from the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology. In 2021 he received the first Transformative Evaluator Award from EvalYouth. He is an active speaker, trainer, and workshop presenter who has conducted applied research and evaluation on a broad range of issues and has worked with organizations and programs at the international, national, state, provincial, and local levels. Michael has three children—a musician, an engineer, and an evaluator—and four grandchildren. When not evaluating, he enjoys exploring the woods and rivers of Minnesota, where he lives.