public policy 7

Question 1

5 reasons to evaluate policies

Answer 1

fact finding, accountability, legitimacy, attention & learning

Question 2

performance paradox

Answer 2

weak correlation between performance indicators and performance

Question 3

evaluation paradox

Answer 3

difficult to measure quality of life & no attention for real measurements

Question 4

programme verification

Answer 4

did it work

Question 5

situational validation

Answer 5

did it solve the problem

Question 6

societal vindication

Answer 6

did it contribute

Question 7

ideological choice

Answer 7

was it important

Question 8

knowledge utilization

Answer 8

actually making use of the evaluation studies

Question 9

instrumental knowledge utilization

Answer 9

utilizing knowledge for policy making

Question 10

symbolic knowledge utilization

Answer 10

utilizing knowledge to support policy

Question 11

enlightenment knowledge utilization

Answer 11

research as conceptual brainwash

Question 12

bureaucratic knowledge utilization

Answer 12

research is about facts, policy making about values

Question 13

engineering knowledge utilization

Answer 13

policy making as picking from available knowledge & research as ammunition

Question 14

process evaluation

Answer 14

focus on concrete concerns of evaluation

Question 15

input evaluation

Answer 15

evaluation of resources & efforts + quantity & quality of those resources

Question 16

goal-achievement evaluation

Answer 16

to extent to which stated policy objectives have been met + about output, not outcome

Question 17

effectiveness evaluation

Answer 17

looks at the broader outcome of the policy

Question 18

systematic evaluation

Answer 18

frequent evaluation of a policy over a long period of time

Question 19

ad-hoc evaluation

Answer 19

monitoring little progress being made in a specific area