Exam 13: Evaluation and Policy Research

Cost-benefit analyses and cost-effectiveness analyses are both what kind of evaluation research?

Case managers and volunteers are examples of ______.

The historical growth of evaluation research by social scientists is linked to which of the following?

A community hires a researcher to determine whether a community center would be a benefit,in terms of reducing delinquency,promoting community service,and developing networks.To provide an answer,the researcher would conduct what sort of evaluation on community services?

Outline the basics of evaluation research.How would a researcher use these basics in order to evaluate the DARE program detailed in the text?

The economic value of a social program when compared to the costs of that program is established in ______.

The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 requires what of government programs?

In Project New Hope,677 low-income adults were offered jobs,childcare,and healthcare,while others were offered none of these things.In the end,only 27% of those who were offered jobs stuck with it long enough to lift themselves out of poverty.Levels of depression did not decrease,nor did self-esteem increase.However,the classroom performance of the participants' male children increased.This example demonstrates the importance of ______.

Which of the following is not a typical input in social programs?

With a black box evaluation study,understanding how a program works is not important.

Researchers should always emphasize a strict social science orientation when conducting evaluation research.

Quasi-experimental designs are the preferred method for proving that a program created (or caused)a desired effect.

To evaluate a program designed to improve math scores for elementary school girls,girls were divided into treatment and control groups.Girls in the treatment group were required to attend an after-school program,while girls in the control group went home on time.Math exam scores were then compared between the two groups of girls.This type of program design is associated with ______.

The services delivered or new products produced by a social program are ______.

Stakeholders objectively define needs in a needs assessment.

If a program evaluation is written without regard to whether the program had the intended effect,but with very careful attention to how it will be received by other social science peers,it has what kind of orientation or approach?

If evaluation findings will be used to help shape and refine a social program,it is known as a formative evaluation.

The preferred method for maximizing internal validity in impact analysis is ______.

In what circumstances should qualitative methods be used in evaluation research? In what circumstances should quantitative methods be used? Use examples to demonstrate your answer.

If a researcher takes a social science approach to conducting a program evaluation,the people who will assess the quality of that researcher's report will be ______.