Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to.

The first debate is between Michael Quinn Patton and Michael Scriven on the promise and pitfalls of utilization-focused evaluation. The second debate is between David Fetterman, Michael Quinn Patton, and Michael Scriven on the promise and pitfalls of empowerment evaluation. Setting: The debates occurred at the Claremont Graduate University on.

Phone Interviewing as a Means of Data Collection:Lessons Learned and Practical Recommendations. Abstract: This paper presents specific and useful suggestions for successfully using phone interviewing as a means of data collection in research studies. The lessons and insights are intended for anyone conducting research with phone interviews.

How to Use Qualitative Methods in Evaluation -- a new volume in the Program Evaluation Kit -- reflects the growing use of qualitative techniques in the evaluation process. The author differentiates the qualitative approach in method and philosophy from more traditional quantitative methods and specifies the kinds of evaluation question for.

The Family Sexual Abuse Project was created to support the process of inquiry that would strengthen the field of family sexual abuse intervention. In funding the research and evaluation projects described in this book, the project strove to make connections between information and action.

Abstract. Utilization-focused evaluation begins with the premise that evaluations should be judged by their utility and actual use; therefore, evaluators should facilitate the evaluation process and design any evaluation with careful consideration of how everything that is done, from beginning to end, will affect use.This is consistent with standards developed by the Joint Committee on.

Patton's book provides a concise practical manual for using qualitative methods in evaluation, although only one chapter deals specifically with interviewing techniques. Could be a useful complement to the more theoretically-oriented treatment of the issues in Kvale's book (see above). Patton, M. Q. (1990).

Since sampling is not required in qualitative researches, I want to know if there is any minimum-maximum criteria for the number of interviews to be done to meet the research objectives in a.

Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence.

Triangulation involves using multiple data sources in an investigation to produce understanding. Some see triangulation as a method for corroborating findings and as a test for validity. This, however, is controversial. This assumes that a weakness in one method will be compensated for by another method, and that it is always possible to make.

With the technical assistance of Michael Q. Patton, PhD, and Nora Murphy, then PhD candidate, they conducted a study to examine evidence of the effectiveness of these principles. Taken together.

Purposive sampling (also known as judgment, selective or subjective sampling) is a sampling technique in which researcher relies on his or her own judgment when choosing members of population to participate in the study. Purposive sampling is a non-probability sampling method and it occurs when.

Revealing the “Essence” of Things: Using Phenomenology in LIS Research Chi-Shiou Lin National Taiwan University, Dept. of Library and Information Science Abstract. Phenomenology is a recommended methodology when the study goals are to understand the meanings of human experiences or to explore concepts from new and fresh perspectives.