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Definitions of Research/Evaluation
Purposes of Evaluation / Research
Science and Scientific Management
Research/Evaluation as Process
Types of Research / Evaluation
Definitions
Evaluation = Process of judging the merit or
worth of something
Research
application of scientific methods to answer
questions
controlled inquiry directed at increasing
knowledge/establishing truth
Research
Evaluation
Evaluation Research
Purposes of Research
Research Purposes - II
Exploratory
Descriptive
Explanatory
Predictive
Ways of Knowing
or Establishing belief or truth
Tradition
Authority
Repetition/Tenacity
Science
Science
Body of Knowledge
Method of Inquiry
logical
systematic
abstract
general
parsimonious
induction
deduction
self-corrective
empirical
Scientific Management
Application of scientific principles to
management and decision making
systematic information gathering
empirical, objective, self-corrective
Process -- Steps
Research
define problem
objectives/hypotheses
literature review
research methods
gather data/analysis
conclusions
Evaluation
describe program
evaluation criteria
program scoping
evaluation methods
gather data/analysis
conclusions
Types of Evaluation
by Program Stage
formative (conceptualization/design)]
process (implementation)
summative (outcomes, impacts, efficiency)
Types - By Approach
Standards
norm-based
criterion-referenced
Types- by method
Qualitative - quantitative
Secondary data - Primary
Survey - Experiment
Internal vs external
Who - Peers, participants, superiors,
subordinates, scientists
Evaluation Criteria
Process Evaluation
Identifies how and why program works
attributes
recipients
conditions
effects
single or multiple
intended or side effects
timing & duration, long/short term
cognitive, affective or behavioral
Types of Research
Basic - Applied
Exploratory, Descriptive, Explanatory,
Predictive
In-house / out- house
by discipline - sociological, psych, economics
by topic - boating, wilderness, legal, tourism, ...
by method - survey, expmt, ...