Ch9 Research, evaluation and policy

Question 1

Two types of evaluation

Answer 1

1. Formative evaluation
2. Summative evaluation

Question 2

Formative evaluation

Answer 2

Evaluation designed to assess how a programme or policy is being implemented with a view to modifying or developing the programme or policy in order to improve its implementation

Question 3

Summative evaluation

Answer 3

Evaluation designed to produce an overall verdict on a policy or programme in terms of the balance of costs and benefits

Question 4

Audit

Answer 4

Examination of the extent to which an activity corresponds with pre-determined standards or criteria

Question 5

Evidence-based medicine

Answer 5

Movement within medicine and related professions to base clinical practice on the most rigorous scientific basis, principally informed by the results of RCT of effectiveness of interventions

Question 6

Evidence-based policy

Answer 6

Movement within public policy to give evidence greater weight in shaping policy decisions, better described as ‘evidence-informed’ policy than ‘evidence-based’ since it is obvious in public policy that evidence is only one factor influencing decision mkaing

Question 7

Engineer model (rational model)

Answer 7

Linear process from policy problem to solution

Question 8

Enlightment model

Answer 8

Acknowledges an indirect application of research insights towards policy solutions

Question 9

Elective affinity model

Answer 9

Policymakers accept faster insights of research when they participated