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The Fourth Edition of the bestselling Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides expert, detailed advice on conducting program evaluations from one of leading experts. Chock full of useful pedagogy―including a unique utilization-focused evaluation checklist―this book presents Michael Quinn Patton′s distinctive opinions based on more than thirty years of experience.

Key Features of the Fourth Edition

    • Provides thoroughly updated materials including more international content; new references; new exhibits and sidebars; and new examples, stories, and cartoons
    • Includes follow-up exercises at the end of each chapter
    • Features a utilization-focused evaluation checklist
    • Gives greater emphasis on mixed methods
    • Analyzes the pluses and minuses of the increased emphasis on accountability and performance measurement in government at all levels
    • Details the explosion of international evaluation

Intended Audience

Both theoretical and practical, this core text is an essential resource for students enrolled in Program Evaluation courses in a variety of disciplines―including public administration, government, social sciences, education, and management. Practitioners will also find this text invaluable.

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    4th
  4. Publisher
    SAGE Publications, Inc
  5. Publication date
    June 18, 2008
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7 x 1.75 x 10 inches
  8. Print length
    688 pages
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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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ SAGE Publications, Inc; 4th edition (June 18, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 688 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 141295861X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1412958615
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.08 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.75 x 10 inches
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Michael Quinn Patton lives in Minnesota where, according to the state's poet laureate, Garrison Keillor, "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." It was this lack of interesting statistical variation in Minnesota that led him to qualitative inquiry despite the strong quantitative orientation of his doctoral studies in sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He serves on the graduate faculty of The Union Institute, a nontraditional, interdisciplinary, nonresidential and individually designed doctoral program.

He was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota for 18 years, including five years as Director of the Minnesota Center for Social Research, where he was awarded the Morse-Amoco Award for innovative teaching. He won the University of Minnesota storytelling competition and has authored several other books which include Utilization-Focused Evaluation, Creative Evaluation, Practical Evaluation, How to Use Qualitative Methods in Evaluation, and Family Sexual Abuse: Frontline Research and Evaluation.

He edited Culture and Evaluation for the journal New Direction in Program Evaluation. His creative nonfiction book, Grand Canyon Celebration: A Father-Son Journey of Discovery, was a finalist for 1999 Minnesota Book of the Year.He is former President of the American Evaluation Association and the only recipient of both the Alva and Gunner Myrdal Award for Outstanding Contributions to Useful and Practical Evaluation from the Evaluation Research Society and the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award for Lifelong Contributions to Evaluation Theory from the American Evaluation Association. The Society for Applied Sociology awarded him the 2001 Lester F. Ward Award for Outstanding Contributions to Applied Sociology.

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Lance
5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book!
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I am so thankful this book is what we are going to be reading this summer for my graduate class it seems to be laid out rather well and easy to understand the concepts held within. It is a textbook, though, so I know parts of it are going to be rather dry but that is to be expected.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Utilization Focused Evaluation by Patton
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This book on Evaluation of public programs is one of the most advanced books that are available in the market currently. However, the approach of this book, as the title suggests, is practice oriented. So this is a good book not only for class room teaching but also for self learning processes as well. We are using this book for the Evaluation course that I am currently studying for my Doctoral program.
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5.0 out of 5 stars very useful
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really great book with great methods that are practical to use. I recommend
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Alvaro Batista
5.0 out of 5 stars Of course a great classic book in the perspective of the outcomes evaluation ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2014
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Of course a great classic book in the perspective of the outcomes evaluation users.
Great to Portugal, a kantian country, where theory is a sacred god and where practice is the evil. It is a pitty no one till now to assume a translation from english to portuguese...
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Kathryn Wood
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting for an academic book
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2017
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Very interesting to read - which is weird because it's an academic book. I really enjoyed playing around with the theories and perspectives presented in the book.
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Stanley Capela
5.0 out of 5 stars Utilization Focused Evaluation
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Overall the book provides an excellent overview of the different evaluation methods as well as offering significant tips on helping both internal and external program evaluators. The book is ideal for graduate students as well as evaluators just entering the field. In addition, it provides non-profit evaluation departments with an excellent foundation on developing more effective internal quality improvement units within their own organizations.
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Matthew
5.0 out of 5 stars Gets the job done.
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As far as the content goes, it's dry and frankly uninteresting. However, the textbook serves it's purpose and I received it in great condition in a timely manner. :)
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K. Lowe
2.0 out of 5 stars Too much for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2010
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I'm taking an introduction to evaluation course for college, and this is the assigned textbook. It's too long. The examples are overwritten and cumbersome, and the book itself is jargon heavy with no glossary. Yes, it's easy to understand in the main, but try summing up the author's points at the end of the (50+ page) chapter. There is an entire chapter dedicated to different kinds of evaluations, which is probably of little use for most readers. For those who want an in-depth book that covers every single possibility, this book is excellent. For an introductory course, not so much.
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Venecia Quiroz
5.0 out of 5 stars Buen producto, envío a tiempo
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El libro venía bien empacado, llegó antes de tiempo.
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My book came damaged. It was left out on the doorstep in the snow. The cover has folded outwards and it has split in two on the edges.
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