These outcomes include perceived control level of skills and assertive behavior as the researcher defines and measures them.
The Spring Summer, 1997, issue of the Evaluation Practice allocated a great deal of space to the discussion of the definition and use of empowerment evaluation.
Questioning the legitimacy of some empowerment evaluations presented in the book by Fetterman et all. (1996), Patton (1997) insisted that empowerment evaluation must be distinguished from participatory, collaborative, stakeholder!involving and utilization!focused evaluations.