A politician is interested in implementing a statewide welfare reform program. By providing welfare recipients with extensive job training, she believes that the number of welfare recipients will decrease. As a side benefit, she also believes that the crime rate will drop. In response, a researcher argues that the crime rate would indeed drop; however, the cost of this drop would be too high. Other cheaper alternatives could be utilized to reduce the level of crime. This researcher's work is an evaluation of ______.
A) need
B) process
C) impact
D) efficiency

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The researcher is evaluating the efficiency of the proposed welfare reform program by comparing its cost to achieve a drop in crime rate against other, cheaper alternatives. This involves assessing whether the program's outcomes (in this case, reduced crime rates) are worth the costs involved, indicating an evaluation of efficiency.

A Politician Is Interested in Implementing a Statewide Welfare Reform