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Research On the Utilization of Evaluations

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  • Laura C. Leviton

    (University of Pittsburgh)

  • Edward F.X. Hughes

    (Northwestern University)

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An area of concernfor evaluation research is the extent to which evaluations are utilized in policy and program development and change. The current review critically discusses definition of utilization and methodsfor detecting utilization. Five "clusters" of variables have been found to affect utilization. These are: (1) the relevance of evaluation to the needs of potential users; (2) extent of communication between potential users and producers of evaluations; (3) translation of evaluations into their implicationsforpolicy and programs; (4) credibility or trust placed in evaluations; and (5) commitment or advocacy by individual users.

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  • Laura C. Leviton & Edward F.X. Hughes, 1981. "Research On the Utilization of Evaluations," Evaluation Review, , vol. 5(4), pages 525-548, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:5:y:1981:i:4:p:525-548
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8100500405
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    1. John F. Boyer & Laura I. Langbein, 1991. "Factors Influencing the Use of Health Evaluation Research in Congress," Evaluation Review, , vol. 15(5), pages 507-532, October.
    2. Cruz Barrios, S. & De Toledo Piza, A.F.R., 1989. "Functional mean field expansion for the many-body initial condition problem," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 159(3), pages 440-458.
    3. Middleton, John & Terry, James & Bloch, Deborah, 1989. "Building educational evaluation capacity in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 140, The World Bank.
    4. Tri Minh Ha & Phuc Van Nguyen, 2017. "Factors Affecting Evaluation Influence in the Public Sector of Cam Lo District, Vietnam," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 7(1), pages 309-318.
    5. Frans L. Leeuw & Leontien M. van der Knaap & Stefan Bogaerts, 2007. "Reducing the Knowledge--Practice Gap: A New Method Applied to Crime Prevention," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(4), pages 245-250, September.
    6. David H. Greenberg & Marvin B. Mandell, 1991. "Research utilization in policymaking: A tale of two series (of social experiments)," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(4), pages 633-656.

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