Evaluating Intangible Outcomes

Using Multiattribute Utility Analysis to Compare the Benefits and Costs of Social Programs

Bibliographic Data

ID12470834
AuthorsTehout Selameab (Hennepin County, Minnesota), Stuart S Yeh (0000-0001-5111-134X, University of Minnesota, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume29
Issue3
Pages301-316
Publication date2008-08-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Evaluation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1098-2140 • E-ISSN: 1557-0878
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1098214008319170
OpenAlexW2072824432
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited9

Increasingly, program managers are required to evaluate programs with multiple outcomes against costs. This is difficult when program outcomes are not easily translated into a common metric. This article compares cost benefit analysis with Multiple Attribute Utility Technology and discusses the application of judgment in both analytical techniques. Multiple Attribute Utility Technology is illustrated with a case example to demonstrate how it may be applied to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of programs with multiple intangible outcomes

Business · Economics · Management science · Metric (unit · Operations management · Operations research · Program evaluation · Risk analysis (engineering · Computer Science · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Engineering · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation · Mathematics

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