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Communication of Results and Utilization in Participatory Program Evaluation.
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Greene, Jennifer C. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1988
Linkages between utilization and stakeholder participation in the evaluation process are discussed, with emphasis on the communication of results. Data from two small-scale participatory evaluations are used to support the argument that key elements of the participatory process can be linked to meaningful and multiple forms of research…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Program Evaluation, Research Utilization, Use Studies
Toward a Theoretical Model of Evaluation Utilization.
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Johnson, R. Burke – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
A metamodel of evaluation utilization was developed from implicit and explicit process models and ideas developed in recent research. The model depicts evaluation use as occurring in an internal environment situated in an external environment. Background variables, international or social psychological variables, and evaluation use variables are…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Models, Predictor Variables, Research Utilization
Improving the Recommendations from Evaluation Studies.
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Hendricks, Michael; Handley, Elisabeth A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1990
Twelve specific suggestions for evaluators concerning development, presentation, and followup of improved evaluation recommendations are discussed. Offering effective recommendations requires special skills that need to be recognized, studied carefully, and passed along to practitioners and students. (TJH)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Research, Evaluation Utilization
Employment Data and Social Impact Assessment.
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Gramling, Robert – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
It is argued that employment data provide a useful and flexible metric to assess social impact. Problems and advantages with the traditional use of population statistics and the use of employment data are discussed, and an example of the use of each is given. (SLD)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Evaluation Methods, National Surveys
Toward Overcoming Problems in Evaluation Research: A Beginning Perspective on Power.
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Ostrander, Susan A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
An information feedback model and an ideology of evaluation are posed and contrasted with experiences in evaluation research. Impact on policy is the criterion for success of an evaluation and political constraints block this impact. Some ways social researchers might conceptualize and construct an appropriate base of power are considered.…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Feedback, Grants, Individual Power
A Systems Perspective on Pre- and Post-Planned Evaluation.
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Schulberg, Herbert C. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
Based on Strasser and Deniston's guidelines (TM 504 251), the author discusses pre-planned and post-planned program evaluation decisions based on: (1) attitude of the organization being evaluated; (2) availability of resources; and (3) usefulness of the findings for programmatic decision making. (MH)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Employer Attitudes, Evaluation Methods