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Book Review: Developmental Evaluation By Michael Quinn Patton

A book review of Michael Quinn Patton’s Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use (2011).

Kristy Madsen 4/7/20 Kristy Madsen 4/7/20

Evaluation’s Yoda

Like Yoda, Michael Quinn Patton is revered for his wisdom and his power to inspire thinking differently about evaluation ideas. And while he isn’t a small, green humanoid alien there are striking similarities between the two (that go beyond the bald head and unique sweaters).