Books like Qualitative evaluation and research methods by Michael Quinn Patton

A comprehensive guide to the research process in the social sciences, emphasizing practical tools and techniques.

Designing Qualitative Research, 2nd edition, delivers clear guidance on conceptualizing and planning robust, defensible qualitative studies, covering key areas like data collection, management, analysis, and proposal feasibility.

A comprehensive guide to qualitative research and evaluation, offering updated frameworks, practical strategies, and diverse theoretical perspectives for scholars and practitioners.

Can evaluation be used to improve programs? Can it contribute to program effectiveness? Do evaluators bear any responsibility for evaluation use and program improvement? This skillfully honed revision by master storyteller and evaluator, Michael Quinn Patton, answers these questions and provides the most comprehensive review and integration ever done of the vast literature on evaluation use and practice. Entirely rewritten, this edition offers readers a full-fledged evaluation text from identifying primary users of an evaluation to focusing the evaluation, making methods decisions, analyzing data, and presenting findings. Both practical and theoretical, Utilization-Focused Evaluation: The New Century Text, Third Edition tells how to conduct program evaluations and why to conduct them in the manner prescribed. Each chapter contains a review of the relevant literature and actual case examples to illustrate major points.