PAP 4310 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Adversary Model, Selection Bias, Experiment
2 Oct 2016
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Exam #1 pap 4310 a: principles, processes and methods of evaluation. Understand what the steps are in an evaluation framework. Understand treasury board guidelines for evaluation and the five issue areas. Understand the principles and approaches to the design process. Understand the common threats to internal validity. Understand the types of descriptive and normative designs. Evaluation the systematic process of collecting and analyzing data in order to determine whether and to what degree objectives have or are being achieved. The systematic process of collecting and analyzing data in order to make a decision. Target population the unit of analysis or population that the program or intervention intends to impact. Formative evaluation produces information that is used by decision-makers to improve the program often referred to as evaluatory activities": referred to as process evaluation" associated with process-oriented activities, on-going, most evaluation reports are formative*
