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  1. Return to Approaches to Social Research 6e Student Resources

Chapter 14 True/False Quiz

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. Evaluation research differs from basic social research in terms of the social context in which research methods are applied.

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. Evaluation research may take different forms depending on the policy-making phase to which it pertains.

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. "Social impact assessment" refers to the evaluation of program effects.

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. Formative evaluations emphasizes generalizability and precise estimates of program effects.

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. Process evaluation may check whether the program reached the people for whom it was intended.

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. Efficiency assessment compares the costs and benefits of a social program.

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. Evaluation research shows that theory is of little use in guiding the assessment of social programs.

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. To evaluate new partial-coverage programs, evaluation researchers prefer true experimental designs.

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. External validity is less important in evaluation research than in basic social research.

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. Given that evaluation research is part of a political process, evaluation researchers tend to play the role of policy advocates.

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