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Practical evaluation

Michael Quinn Patton

Sage Publications, c1982

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 308-313

Includes index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

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