Chapter 14 True/False Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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