Exam 11: Training Evaluation

Explain the terms declarative learning and procedural learning,describe how each one can be assessed,and state which one is most important to training transfer.

A training manager is concerned with whether the results of training are based on application of learned skills or some other external/internal variable.Which type of data collection design would address these concerns

Which training evaluation model is dominant in both research and practical experience

Which type of learning measure is associated with positive training transfer

Company ABC noticed an increase in customer satisfaction after employees completed a new customer satisfaction training program.As the VP of human resources,you have been asked to determine if in fact the training program led to the increase in customer satisfaction results.Which of the following training evaluation approaches would you take

Identify and briefly describe the four categories of the COMA training evaluation model.

Which of the following is considered to be a political barrier to training evaluation

The "pre-post design with control group" data collection method answers two basic questions: Did trainees change and Was training responsible for that change

One of the primary advantages of the Decision-Based Evaluation model over the Kirkpatrick model is that it allows different variables to be measured depending on the target of the evaluation process.

Carlos,an instructor at a local university,wants to measure the effectiveness of his training sessions in terms of payoffs for his employer.Which of the following evaluation methods would you recommend to Carlos

According to the Conference Board of Canada,only 46 percent of Canadian organizations undertook some type of training evaluation in 2010.However,in 2012-13 there was evidence to suggest Canadian companies were improving on the 2010 evaluation results.

Studies of training professionals show the more sophisticated training evaluations are rarely used because they are perceived to be too complicated to implement,take too long to design,and simply cost too much money.

Causal evaluations require more sophisticated experimental and statistical procedures versus the less sophisticated descriptive evaluations.

Briefly explain the differences between non-experimental designs,experimental designs,and quasi-experimental evaluation designs.

Why is a "post-only" design the most widely used data collection method

Which of the following is a key advantage of the Decision-Based Evaluation (DBE)model over the other two evaluation models described in the textbook