Chapter 11 - Evaluations Flashcards
The initial gathered data about dollar loss, number of incidents, frequency, and patterns of incidence against which final results are measured
Baseline
The mean, medium, and mode: commonly used to represent average results from a group of scores.
Central tendencies
What the student should be able to do at an expected level of achievement.
Competence
An analytical tool for assessing the pros and cons of moving forward with a business proposal.
Cost-benefit analysis
The scientific study of the frequency and distribution of injury and/or disease in human population, as well as factors affecting the health and illness of populations rather then individuals; it serves as a foundation for interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine.
Epidemiology
A type of formative evaluation that determines whether an evaluation is feasible and how stakeholders can help shape its usefulness.
Evaluabiltiy assessment
A systematic assessment of information to provide useful feedback about program results, policies, technology, people, needs, activities and materials, and the extent to which a program caused those results.
Evaluation
A systematic, consistent, methodical, accurate, and valid form of evaluation.
Formal evaluation
The research and planning that helps the educator discover the vulnerabilities and scope of the problems facing a communicate that lead to the necessary prevention interventions and strategies.
Formative Evaluation
The measurement of a program’s short term effects and the extent to which its goals were attained.
Impact Evaluation
A type of evaluation that monitors the reliability and dependability of the program r technology delivery through ongoing observations, checklists, rubrics, and benchmarking.
Implementation evaluation
A less structured from of evaluation that still provides vital information for both formative and summarize evaluations.
Informal evaluation
A record of the number of correct and incorrect responses for each test question
Item Analysis
The average of all scores in a data set.
Mean
the midpoint of the range of all score in a data set, arranged in the order of value.
Median
A form of summarize evaluation that integrate the outcome estimates from multiple studies to arrive at an overall judgement on an evaluation.
Meta-analysis
The value or score that occurs the most frequently in a data set.
Mode
A type of formative evaluation that determines who needs a program, how great the need is, and what might work to meet those needs.
Needs assessment
The measurement of how well program objectives were met, with an eye, toward sustainable changes.
Outcome evaluation
An average per person when reporting information regarding costs, rate of occupancy in a given population, or comparisons among populations.
Per capita
A way of expressing numbers and data as a fraction of 100.
percentage
A type of formative evaluation that investigates the processes of delivering the program or technology, including alternative delivery procedures.
Process evaluation
Information gathered about people’s experiences, perceptions, opinions, feelings, and knowledge.
Qualities evaluation
A type of analysis that deals with data in hard numbers and facts.
Quantitative evaluation
A tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior.
Recidivism
The point of summative evacuation that reexamines date to address new actions or use methods not previously used.
Secondary Analysis
A type of formative evaluation that helps stakeholders define the program or technology, the target population, and possible outcomes.
Structured conceptualization
An examination of the effects or outcomes of projects, programs, and technologies, judging the performance and worth of a program at the end of the program activities.
Summative Evaluation
A method used to examine an organizations internal strengths and weaknesses along with external opportunities and threats.
SWOT analysis
the mean, median, and mode are commonly used to represent the typical results from a group of scores. Which is the midpoint of the range of all scores, arranged in the order of value and is found by taking the average of the two number in the middle of the distribution?
Median
What type of evaluation produces hard numbers and facts and is the what, who, and when of surveys or questionnaires, pre-and posttest, existing databases, and statistical analysis?
Quantitative
What type of evaluation focuses on a program at the beginning of development and while it is happening?
Formative
Which method of evaluating a program is a quick formative evaluation that requires student to reflect on a presentation or class and give the instructor immediate feedback?
Minute Paper
Which of the following evaluation measures is what the student should be able to do at an expected level of achievement and their ability to do the task for which they were being trained or instructed?
Competence
Which of the following evaluation measure is the measurement most familiar to educators and is seeking to find out if the program outcomes were effective?
Efficacy
The mean, mead Ian, and mode are commonly used ot represent the typical results from a group of scores, Which is the value or score that occurs the most frequently in a data set?
Mode
The first probity of any evaluation is to make sure the method and its results are.
Valid
Which method of evaluating a program is helpful when a safety educator wants to learn information about the target audience?
Questionnaire
Which of the following evaluation measure provides the evaluator with the percentage and risk characteristics of person who receive or are arrested by a policy or program?
Outreach
Which of the following is a risk of not evaluating fire and life safety program?
Waste of resources
Observations, surveillance, perceptions, student feedback, self-appraisals, dialogues and discussion, anecdotal notes, and rubrics are all examples of what type of evaluation?
Informal
What type of formative evaluation determinants who needs the program, how great the need is, and what might work to meet those needs?
Needs assessment
Which type of evaluation is a systematic, consistent, methodical, accurate, and valid form of evaluation and is conducted according to a plan and a set of guidelines?
Formal
What type of evaluation examines the effects or outcomes of projects, programs and technologies?
Summative
How should final evaluation results be presented when reporting information regarding costs, rate of occupancy in a given population, or comparisons among populations?
Per capita
___________ a systematic assessment of information to provide useful feedback about programs results, policies, technology, people, needs, activities, and materials and the extent to which a program caused those results.
Evaluation
When presenting final evaluation results, how should the scores be presented?
Percentage
The mean, median, and mode are commonly used to represent the typical results from a group of scores. Which is the average of all scores and is computed by adding all scours, rankings totals and dividing the number of respondents or students who participated in the test or survey?
Mean
What type of evaluation includes information about people’s experiances, perceptions, opinions, feelings, and knowledge and answers the why and how?
Qualitative
Which method of evaluating a program is used to gather information from a sample group of individuals who represent a fraction of the population and is useful in obtaining information about opinions, factual characteristics, customer satisfaction, or a combination of all dimensions?
Survey
