Rely on the cumulative body of resources in this course to respond to the questions below. For short essay questions, make sure you rely on complete sentences, avoid bulleted lists, and align with APA 7th edition.
- How can words be transformed into numbers in evaluations? Give an example that shows how this could be done. Lastly, how does this strategy benefit program evaluators?
- In estimating the 95% confidence interval for a given population mean, the bigger the sample we have upon which to base our estimation, the narrower the range of sampling error. True/False
- What is the difference between open-ended and closed-ended questions? Give an example of two open-endedquestions and two closed-ended questions.
- Needs assessments are typically focused on determining program effectiveness. True/False
- Triangulation typically means that several different sources of data are all focused on the same evaluation question. True/False
- What is the difference between induction and deduction in the context of program evaluations? Once you define each term, provide an example with the context of program evaluations.
- The following is a sentence in a quotation in Chapter 5 of the textbook. Once you have read the quote, discuss what it means: Qualitative researchers stress the socially constructed nature of reality, the intimate relationship between the researcher and what is studied, and the situational constraints that shape inquiry. Such researchers emphasize the value-laden nature of enquiry. They seek answers to questions that stress how social experience is created and given meaning. In contrast, quantitative studies emphasize the measurement and analysis of causal relationships between variables, not processes. What epistemological position is reflected in qualitative and quantitative studies? Lastly, how do each of these types of studies align with pragmatism?
- Matching
Terms
- Pragmatists
- Naturalistic
- Evaluation
- Objectivism
- Paradigm
- Positivists
- Constructivists
- Formative Evaluation
- Summative Evaluation
- Constructionists
Definitions
- Doesn’t manipulate the setting to gather information…the goal is to reduce intrusiveness.
- Reality is socially constructed.
- Provides direction for program improvements.
- Determines
- merit or worth of a program.
- Use whatever works.
- Facts exist.
- Objects exist as meaningful entities independent of human consciousness and experience.
- A belief system that shapes what we think is important when we do research.
- Reality does not exist independent of human consciousness and experience.
Textbook/Book:
McDavid et al. (2019). Chps. 5 & 6.
Requirements: 500
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