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PROGRAM EVALUATION AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: An Introduction
to Practice THIRD EDITION
James C. McDavid, University of Victoria, Canada • Irene Huse, University of Victoria, Canada • Laura R.
L. Hawthorn
Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement offers a conceptual and practical introduction to program
evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profi t organizations. The Third Edition has been revised
to highlight the current economic, political, and socio-demographic context within which evaluators are expected to
work, and includes dynamic public policy exemplars such as the evaluation of police body-worn camera programs.
CONTENTS 1: Key Concepts and Issues in Program Evaluation and Performance Management / 2: Understanding and Applying Program Logic
Models / 3: Research Designs for Program Evaluations / 4: Measurement for Program Evaluation and Performance Monitoring / 5: Applying
Quantitative Evaluation Methods / 6: Needs Assessments for Program Development and Adjustment / 7: Concepts and Issues in Economic
Evaluation / 8: Performance Measurement as an Approach to Evaluation / 9: Design and Implementation of Performance Measurement Systems /
10: Using Performance Measurement for Accountability and Performance Improvement / 11: Program Evaluation and Program Management: Joining
Theory and Practice / 12: The Nature and Practice of Professional Judgement in Program Evaluation
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-3706-7 • ©2019 • 568 PAGES •
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AN INTRODUCTION TO EVALUATION
Chris Fox, Manchester Metropolitan University, U.K. • Robert Grimm, Ipsos Political and Social Research •
Rute Caldeira, Transparency International
CONTENTS SECTION 1: GETTING STARTED / What is evaluation? / The ethics of evaluations / SECTION 2: UNDERTAKING AN EVALUATION /
Theories of change / Process evaluation / Impact evaluation / Economic evaluation / Evaluation methods / SECTION 3: THE PRACTICE OF
EVALUATION / Planning an evaluation / Conducting an evaluation / SECTION 4: USING EVALUATION FINDINGS / Systematic reviews / Knowledge
mobilisation: getting evidence into policy and practice / SECTION 5: EVALUATION PARADIGMS / Evaluation paradigms and the limits of evidence
based policy / Conclusion
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4739-0287-9 • ©2017 • 328 PAGES •
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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH & EVALUATION METHODS: Integrating Theory and
Practice FOURTH EDITION
Michael Quinn Patton, Utilization-Focused Evaluation, Saint Paul, MN
Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation,
author Michael Quinn Patton has crafted the most comprehensive and systematic book on qualitative research and
evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today. Now offering more balance between
applied research and evaluation, this Fourth Edition illuminates all aspects of qualitative inquiry through new
examples, stories, and cartoons; more than a hundred new summarizing and synthesizing exhibits; and a wide range of
new highlight sections/sidebars that elaborate on important and emergent issues.
CONTENTS PART 1. FRAMING QUALITATIVE INQUIRY: THEORY INFORMS PRACTICE, PRACTICE INFORMS THEORY / PART 2. QUALITATIVE DESIGNS AND
DATA COLLECTION / PART 3. ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION, AND REPORTING
HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-1-4129-7212-3 • ©2015 • 832 PAGES •
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BEST SELLER
UTILIZATION-FOCUSED EVALUATION FOURTH EDITION
Michael Quinn Patton, Utilization-Focused Evaluation, Saint Paul, MN
The Fourth Edition of the best-selling Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides expert, detailed advice on conducting
program evaluations from one of the leading experts. 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.
CONTENTS PART 1. TOWARD MORE USEFUL EVALUATIONS / PART 2. FOCUSING EVALUATIONS: CHOICES, OPTIONS, AND DECISIONS / PART 3.
APPROPRIATE METHODS / PART 4. REALITIES AND PRACTICALITIES OF UTILIZATION-FOCUSED EVALUATION
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-5861-5 • ©2009 • 688 PAGES •
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