Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation, SAGE author Michael Quinn Patton has written some of the most comprehensive and systematic texts on qualitative research and evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today. In this Webinar, Michael presents his “Top Ten Developments in Qualitative Evaluation Over the Last Decade” and discusses how we can look ahead to other challenges and opportunities using these fundamental building blocks.

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Top Ten Developments in Qualitative
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Michael Quinn Patton
Top Ten Developments in
Qualitative Evaluation
over the Last Decade…
and Emergent Challenges

7. 1980
1987
1990
2002
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November 2014

9. 10. Powerful
Qualitative
Software
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10. 9. Social media as data --
for data collection –
and sharing findings
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Complexity concepts are catching on. Under
“relationship status” Facebook just added
“dynamical” as an option.

12. 8. Ethical challenges,
IRB constraints
• Anticipating impact on participants
• Confidentiality with small sample sizes
• Appropriate compensation – principle of
reciprocity
• IRB constraints
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“I know your study is important. I’m just
not ready to commit to being your case.”

13. 7. Mixed Methods
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Nov. 7, 1926 -
Jan. 8, 2013

15. Mixed
Methods
571 1138 1459
Qualitative
Methods
960 1434 1447 1547
Quantitative
Methods
807 1403 1436 1580
2003 2011 2012 2013
AEA TIG Memberships
http://www.eval.org/p/cm/ld/fid=101
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17. Viet Nam Helmet Law
• Road traffic injuries have long been a leading cause
of death and disability in Viet Nam.
• 60% of fatalities occur in motorcycle riders and
passengers.
• Viet Nam has had a partial motorcycle helmet
legislation since 1995. However, implementation and
enforcement had been limited.
• On 15 December 2007, Viet Nam's first
comprehensive mandatory helmet law came into
effect, covering all riders and passengers on all roads
nationwide. Penalties increased ten-fold and cohorts
of police were mobilized for enforcement.
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24. 15 December, 2007
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32. Results
The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation reported:
“Nearly 100% of Vietnam’s motorbike users left
home wearing a helmet. It was an unbelievable
sight with a near instantaneous effect. Major
hospitals report the number of patients
admitted for traumatic brain injuries in the two
days after the law’s enactment was much lower
than on previous weekends. In Ho Chi Minh City
alone, serious traffic accident injuries fell by
almost 50 percent compared with pre-helmet
weekends.”
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33. 5. Driven by
evaluation practice
and users’ demands
• Doing QE (methods-driven) vs.
grounded in theoretical traditions
• Short, tight timelines
• Large, multi-site studies
• Speed
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35. Observation
Underutilized
Interviewing dominates
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36. 4. Qualitative Evaluation
as an Intervention
Process Use
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37. Qualitative Evaluation
as an Intervention
• Participatory evaluation
• Feminist evaluation
• Empowerment evaluation
• Collaborative evaluation
• Transformative evaluation
• Developmental evaluation
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38. • Contextual
Intelligence:
A Critical
Competency
Matthew R. Kutz &
Anita Bamford-Wade
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3. Valuing Deep Contextual
Understanding
• Realist Evaluation

39. Fundamental Issue:
How the World Is Changed
Top-down dissemination of
“proven (RCT) best practice models”
versus
Bottoms-up contextual (qualitative)
adaptation
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40. Evidence-based Models
vs. Evidence-based
Effective Principles
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41. PRINCIPLES
CONTEXT MATTERS
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42. Five Paris Declaration Principles
1. Country ownership
2. Alignment
3. Harmonization
4. Mutual accountability
5. Managing for results
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CONTEXT MATTERS

43. Contextual Understanding
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44. Evaluating Principles:
Qualitative Cases
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45. 2. Qualitative Evaluator
as the Instrument:
Experience, Expertise,
Cultural Competence….
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Former AEA President
Rodney Hopson,
“Language Matters”

46. Personal Factor
Old age and treachery
Always overcomes youth and skill
Waylon Jennings
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47. 1. Increased
Purposeful Sampling
Options
47Snowball Sampling

48. Purposeful vs. Purposive
Sampling
Sampling vs. case selection
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Looking Ahead:
Challenges and
Opportunities

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1. Building qualitative inquiry capacity

52. 2. Interest in and resources to do
serious, triangulated, in-depth
qualitative evaluations
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53. 3. Commitment to inquire seriously
into
unintended consequences
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and
Taking Emergence
Seriously

54. 4. Cumulative-Longitudinal
Integration
at the Case and Context Levels
Center for Individualized
Medicine Medicine
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Creating a healthier
world, one patient at a
time.

55. Michael Quinn Patton Claremont 2009

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