Evaluation Research (when used and for what purpose)? - ANS Evaluation research is social research that is conducted for a distinctive purpose: to investigate social programs
Relationship between inputs, feedback, program stakeholders, outputs, and outcomes - ANS 1) Program Stakeho...
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Evaluation Research (when used and for what purpose)? - ANS Evaluation research is
social research that is conducted for a distinctive purpose: to investigate social programs
Relationship between inputs, feedback, program stakeholders, outputs, and outcomes - ANS
1) Program Stakeholders
2) Feedback
Inputs > Program Process > Outputs > Outcomes
What types of questions are asked in program evaluation? - ANS *Is the program needed?
*Can the program be evaluated?
*How does the program operate?
*What is the program's impact?
*How efficient is the program?
Needs Assessment (be able to identify an example of these type of P.E. as well) - ANS
need assessment attempts to answer whether a program is needed or if there is one at all with
systematic, credible evidence
Evaluability Assessment (be able to identify an example of these type of P.E. as well) - ANS
is this evaluable
Process Evaluation (be able to identify an example of these type of P.E. as well) - ANS
finding out what actually happens in a social program
Impact Analysis (be able to identify an example of these type of P.E. as well) - ANS ex:
DARE
Looking at whether or not the program worked
Compares what happened after a program with what would have happened had there been no
program
Efficiency Analysis (be able to identify an example of these type of P.E. as well)
+Cost-benefit analysis
+Cost-effective analysis - ANS compares program effects to costs, is often a necessary
component of an evaluation research project
what resources are needed?
are taxpayers getting their money's worth?
, A Cost-benefit analysis myst identify the specific program costs and the procedures for
estimating the economic value of specific program benefits
A cost-effectiveness analysis focuses attention directly on the programs outcomes rather than
on economic value of those outcomes
Design Decisions--- When to use:
+Black Box v. Program Theory
+Researcher or Stakeholder orientation
+Quantitative or qualitative methods
+Simple or complex outcomes - ANS 1) Black box or program theory--Do we care how the
program gets results?
2) Researcher or stakeholder orientation--Whose goals matter most?
3) Quantitative or qualitative methods--Which methods provide the best answers?
4) Simple or complex outcomes--How complicated should the findings be?
Policy Research - ANS a process that attempts to support and persuade actors by
providing them with well-reasoned, evidence-based, and responsible recommendations for
decision making and action
Focuses on causes or solutions to a social problem
What to do to minimize ethical issues - ANS 1) alter the group allocation ratios to minimize
in the untreated control group
2) use the minimum sample size required to be able to adequately test the results
3) test just parts of new programs rather than the entire program
4) compare treatments that vary in intensity
5) vary treatments between settings rather than among individuals within a setting
Why are surveys so versatile? - ANS versatile: ability to adapt to many different functions
Surveys can be used in computers, mail in, in person
What makes surveys so efficient? - ANS Can be collected from many people at low cost
and fast
VARIABLES CAN BE MEASURED WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING THE TIME OR
COST
Generalizability and surveys - ANS -Survey research is appealing when sample
generalizability is a central research goal
-Survey research is often the only means available for developing a representative picture of the
attitudes and characteristics of a large population
Omnibus survey - ANS covers a range of topics of interest to different social scientists, in
contrast to the typical survey that is directed at a specific research question
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