Exam 10: Impact Program Evaluation and Hypothesis Testing

McDavid, Huse, and Hawthorne (2013) identify key features that are important in distinguishing impact program evaluation for performance measurement: Which of the following is NOT included in that list?

An impact program evaluation is a hypothesis-testing activity. Using a domestic violence example, which of the following statements is NOT correct?

An impact program evaluation seeks to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between a program and its outcome (result).

The strongest impact research design and the one that deals most strongly with threats to internal validity is the single group pretest/posttest design.

In examining threats to internal validity history, selection bias and testing are described below. Which of the following is NOT a description of those threats?

In an Impact Program Evaluation, which of the following statements is NOT true?

Comparisons in impact program evaluation are usually made in one of two ways: two different groups are compared or one group is compared to ___________.

The essence of impact program evaluation is comparison.

An impact program evaluation can demonstrate that a human service program includes all EXCEPT which of the following answers:

A program hypothesis does NOT do which of the following statements:

Impact program evaluation's intent is to answer the question: Does the program actually have an impact and does it achieve positive outcomes (results) for _____________.

A human services program director would do an impact program evaluation when there is a need to do all EXCEPT which of the following:

Impact program evaluation attempts to determine if a human service program actually works. In order to make a cause-and-effect statement a counterfactual has to be created that would identify what would have happened to individuals had they not participated in the program? You are the program director of a program that works with young women to improve their parenting skills and you are charged to evaluate the program to determine if the program has made a difference in knowledge and behaviors of the women who participated in the program. Describe 1) the program hypothesis, 2) which of the two ways that you will use to compare two groups, 3) create the cause-and-effect statement and, if necessary, create a counterfactual that identifies what would happen if participants would not have participated in the program, and 4) describe the desired result that should be the outcome of the program and how you would determine if it had been achieved.

Using a logic model terminology, a successful program is one where there is ___________ between the program hypothesis (theory) and implementation of the program design (cause) that produces the desired outcomes (result).

Theory failure describes a situation in which a human service program is implemented according to design, but the anticipated outcome is not achieved. Which of the features listed below does NOT describe theory failure?

To be able to say with more assurance that the program caused the change, we must identify threats to internal validity.

Impact program evaluation attempts to demonstrate that an outcome (result) is ______________ to the program and not some other variable.

There are several features of impact program: evaluation and performance measurement. Both share some features and some features are different. Which of the features listed below is NOT correct for performance measurement?