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| − | {{Term|INTENDED USES|Evaluation findings and | + | {{Term|INTENDED USES|Evaluation [[Finding|findings]] and r[[Recommendation|ecommendations]] can be put to many uses. This may include programme improvement, making judgment of merit and worth , generating lessons learned about effectiveness, assuring accountability, testing programme theory and building organization capacity. The concept of intended use moves from a general idea of doing a useful evaluation to a specific and concrete focus on the priorities of intended use for a particular evaluation's primary [[Intended Users|intended users]]. The [[Goal|goal]] of the [[Evaluation|evaluation]] then becomes intended uses by intended users.<ref>Patton, Q. Michael in Mathison, Sandra. Encyclopaedia of Evaluation, pp 206, Ed. University of British Columbia. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005.</ref>}} |
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| Evaluation findings and recommendations can be put to many uses. This may include programme improvement, making judgment of merit and worth , generating lessons learned about effectiveness, assuring accountability, testing programme theory and building organization capacity. The concept of intended use moves from a general idea of doing a useful evaluation to a specific and concrete focus on the priorities of intended use for a particular evaluation's primary intended users. The goal of the evaluation then becomes intended uses by intended users.[1] |
References
- ↑ Patton, Q. Michael in Mathison, Sandra. Encyclopaedia of Evaluation, pp 206, Ed. University of British Columbia. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005.