Chapter 1 & Readings

Question 1

______________ is the use of social research procedures to systematically investigate the effectiveness of social intervention programs.

Answer 1

Program Evaluation

-use reserach to study, appraise, and improve social programs

Question 2

_____________ is credited for being the founding father of evaluation.

Answer 2

Ralph Tyler

Question 3

Evaluation is the process of determining____, ____, or _____of something or the product of that process.

Answer 3

Merit, worth, value

Question 4

Scriven’s defininition of merit.

Answer 4

the intrinsic value of evaluands

Question 5

Scrivens definition of worth.

Answer 5

the value to an instituation or collective.

more extrinsic

Question 6

Scriven’s def.. of value judgement.

Answer 6

refers to the judgement as to the merit, worth, or value of something.

Question 7

Scriven’s 4 steps in the logic of evaluation

Answer 7

1. select the criteria of merit
2. set standards of performance on those criteria
3. Gather data pertaining to the evaluand’s performance on the criteria relative to the standards
4. Integrate the results into a final value judgement

Question 8

Forumating testable ____________ is at the heart of good program evaluation.

Answer 8

evaluation questions

Question 9

___________ is the agreement b/w the evaluator and the evaluation sponsor about what will be done in the evaluation

Answer 9

Evaluation Plan

Question 10

What makes a good evaluation question?

Answer 10

Specific, measurable, answerable, realistic and reasonable, appropriate to the local needs, can contribute to knowledge development

Question 11

Absolute Standard or Comparative Standard

Answer 11

Comparative standard should have a fair comparison

Question 12

Extreme Standards

Answer 12

rare, it would be “all” program participants, or “none”

Question 13

RLF 5 major domains

Answer 13

Needs Assessment, Theory Assessment, Implementation assessment, impact assessment, and efficiency assessment

Question 14

Where is the first source of evaluation questions?

Answer 14

Evaluation sponor and program stakeholders

Question 15

Backward mapping

Answer 15

Identifying desirable endpoints or outcomes and then determinining what must be done to get there

Question 16

What was the article, “An outcome evaluation of the sources of strength suicide prevention program and delivered by adolescent peer leaders in high schools.” about?

Answer 16

Wyman, Brown, LoMurray, Schmeelk-Cone, Petrova Yu, Walsh, Tu, and Wang wrote it.

• Examined the effectiveness of a progaram called Sources of Strength suicide prevention in high school students
• 18 high schools, 6 city and 12 rural, random assignment, immediate intervention or wait- list controls
• surveys used for baseline and 4 mo. later
• Training improved
• 1st suicide prevention program involving peer leaders to enhance protective factors associated with reducing suicide at the school population level

Question 17

Merit and Worth are both context dependent

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Evaluators do not have to worry about unique cultural factors limiting their ability to generalize from theories primarily developed in the US.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

The authors of your textbook describe evaluation as a “transdiscipline.” What is the best definition of transdiscipline?
A. It serves as a tool for other disciplines, while at the same time it has uniqueness as a discipline
B. It is part of all disciplines, but is not a unique discipline
C. It is a tool that can be used in only two disciplines.
D. It is a unique discipline that is not part of any other disciplines

Answer 19

A It serves as a tool for other disciplines, while at the same time it has uniquenes as a discipline.

Question 20

Evaluators typically take on more than one role throughout an evaluation.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Part of an evaluator’s job is to establish social relations with stakeholders.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

In what role is an evaluator playing if he or she were making potential conflicts visible and/or providing space for discussions about the situation to occur?
 A. Judge
 B. Reporter
 C. Leader
   D. Negotiator

Answer 22

Leader

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT an evaluand?
A. A program to reduce the number of teenagers who smoke tobacco
B. A project to determine how to improve the accessibility of courts for deaf and hard-of-hearing people
C. Apple iPods and there effect on pacemakers
D. all of the above are evaluands
E. none of the above are evaluands

Answer 23

D. all of the above are evaluands

Question 24

According to Scriven, merit is roughly equivalent to _____, and worth is roughly equivalent to ______.
A. value-or-cost-effectiveness; quality
B. quality; value-or-cost-effectiveness
C. truth; quality
D. quality; truth

Answer 24

B. quality, value or cost effectiveness

Question 25

Which type of evaluation is conducted during the development or delivery of a program or product?
A. Formative evaluation
B. Summative evaluation

Answer 25

Formative

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT one of the five main attributes of the Program Evaluation Standards?
 A. Utility
 B. Propriety
   C. Competence
 D. Feasibility

Answer 26

C. Competence