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Using systems theory and logic models to define integrated outcomes and performance measures in multi-program settings

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  • John H Reed
  • Gretchen Jordan

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This paper describes the application of diffusion of innovations theory (Rogers, 2003) to four domains representing the typical partners and target audiences of deployment programs in order to systematically define program outcomes. Diffusion of innovations is a broad systems theory that describes how technologies and practices are diffused and adopted. The theory is integrated with logical modeling to provide a powerful new tool for defining outcomes. The domains, the theory, the use of the theory to develop researchable issues and measures, and examples of its application to an energy-efficiency agency are provided. While this paper focuses on an energy-efficiency agency, with only slight modification the approach can apply to other types of deployment agencies such as education, human service, health, or agriculture. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • John H Reed & Gretchen Jordan, 2007. "Using systems theory and logic models to define integrated outcomes and performance measures in multi-program settings," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 16(3), pages 169-181, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rseval:v:16:y:2007:i:3:p:169-181
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    1. Gretchen B. Jordan, 2013. "Logic modeling: a tool for designing program evaluations," Chapters, in: Albert N. Link & Nicholas S. Vonortas (ed.), Handbook on the Theory and Practice of Program Evaluation, chapter 6, pages 143-165, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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