Effective Evaluation: Improving the Usefulness of Evaluation Results Through Responsive and Naturalistic Approaches

Michael Quinn Patton, Egon G. Guba, Yvonna S. Lincoln

The Journal of Higher Education · 1983 · 1.4K citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Offers a new model of evaluation that combines two emerging streams of thought: responsive evaluation and naturalistic methodologies. In effect, the information provided relates to the needs of a particular audience and grows out of situations at hand rather than a predetermined design. Includes a new preface.