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Introduction to Evaluation

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Evaluation is a process of exploration of a subject and values on its special features&period; It is a broader term with reference to the assessment&period; Assessment involves gathering of data and information whereas the evaluation includes the methods to know what happens as a result of using definite practices and interventions&period; Evaluation takes place with in the situations of organization and political so it needs management skills and group abilities&period; Evaluation is the organized assessment of advantages and value of some subject&period; It generally uses the gathered and assessed information&period;&&num;160&semi; For example&semi; Robert joins cricket team and in the first few days he gathered information and later on evaluate methods to survive in the team&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Goals of Evaluation<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The most important goal related to evaluation is to make available useful feedback to the number of audience together with staff&comma; client groups&comma; administers&comma; contributors and contractors etc&period; The evaluation is taken as useful&comma; if it is taking part in the decision making&period; The relationship between the evaluation and its impact is much strong because sometimes critical evaluation fails to accomplish in short term and vice versa&period; In spite of that the foremost goal linked with evaluation is the feedback that is influenced from decision making&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Strategies of Evaluation<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Strategies of evaluation mean that to have evaluation prospective in broader point of view&period; Evaluation strategies are discussed in four major groups&comma; namely&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Scientific experimental model<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Management oriented system models<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Qualitative model<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Participant oriented model<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Scientific Experimental Model<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">It is the first category of evaluation strategies and is the most leading method for evaluation&period; Such models are retrieved from the sciences&comma; most probably the social sciences&period; Scientific experimental model includes designs of quasi experiments&comma; objective based education research and perspectives about economy etc&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Management Oriented System Model<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&lbrack;large&rsqb;Management oriented system model are used by the business and the government in state&period; It is known to be the second model in evaluation strategy which involves two main techniques i&period;e&period; program evaluation and review techniques &lpar;PERT&rpar; and critical path method &lpar;CPM&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Qualitative model<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">This evaluation strategy put emphasis on the significance of observation&comma; worth about the human interpretation and the quality about the evaluation framework&period;&&num;160&semi; It is also known as fourth generation evaluation&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Participant Evaluated Model<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Participant evaluated method gives more emphasis at the significance for the participants like users of the equipment or a program and customers&period; Stakeholder’s approaches are also known as customer oriented evaluation system&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Types of Evaluation<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">There are different types of evaluation depending upon the purpose of the subject to be evaluated&comma;but the most leading types of evaluation which are far distinct from each other are&semi;&lbrack;linkunit&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Process evaluation<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Outcome evaluation<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Process Evaluation<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Process evaluation is such type of evaluation which involves the accomplishment of the work and the number of people who are served&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Outcome Evaluation<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">This evaluation deals with the changes that are made in the gathered information and to define various changes that are made in result of alteration made in evaluation&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">References<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• www&period;colostate&period;edu&comma; retrieved on April 3&comma; 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Cook&comma; T&period; D&period;&comma; &amp&semi; Campbell&comma; D&period; T&period; &lpar;1979&rpar;&period;&&num;160&semi; Quasi-experimentation&colon; Design and analysis issues for field settings&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• www&period;socialresearchmethods&period;com&period; Accessed on April 3&comma; 2012&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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