An experimental design has been used to evaluate the effectiveness of a preventive health fair. An experimental design is very useful to answer questions about:
A) Cost efficiency
B) Outcome
C) Progress
D) Relevancy
Ans: B
An experimental design can yield data on whether a program has produced the desired outcomes when compared with the absence of such a program or, alternatively, whether one program strategy has produced better results with regard to the desired outcomes than some other strategy. However, the experimental design is not useful for evaluation of program progress or program cost efficiency.
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