Michael Quinn Patton

Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. Meer

*Influential, award-winning evaluator Patton presents a new model, unique in treating principles (i.e., whether they are being followed and getting results) as the focus of evaluation. Meer

As a transdisciplinary profession, evaluation has much to offer to global change interventions that work toward a sustainable future across national boundaries, sectors, and issues. Meer

This bestselling text 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 which it is most appropriate. Meer