Question 1

Illustrate how an ill-considered choice of evaluation criteria can distort program activities to the extent that the value of a program is reduced. You might think of a school lunch program, or a youth sports program.

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Question 2

Illustrate how an evaluator might mistakenly use criteria that can be measured with high reliability but that does not represent the program's purpose very well.

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Question 3

Why are statistically significant differences between treatment and non-treatment groups not sufficient to show that a program is worth offering?

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Question 4

Illustrate how a program could produce favorable outcomes yet be seen as unfair to some stakeholders.

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Question 5

Why are negative side effects often ignored in program evaluations? Imagine the side effects of introducing a modern medical clinic into a rural village in an undeveloped nation.

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Quiz 3: Developing and Using a Theory of the Program

Illustrate how an ill-considered choice of evaluation criteria can distort program activities to the extent that the value of a program is reduced. You might think of a school lunch program, or a youth sports program.

Illustrate how an evaluator might mistakenly use criteria that can be measured with high reliability but that does not represent the program's purpose very well.

Why are statistically significant differences between treatment and non-treatment groups not sufficient to show that a program is worth offering?

Illustrate how a program could produce favorable outcomes yet be seen as unfair to some stakeholders.

Why are negative side effects often ignored in program evaluations? Imagine the side effects of introducing a modern medical clinic into a rural village in an undeveloped nation.