Which statement is true regarding the differences between research and evaluation?
a. Evaluation is concerned with the goals of a specific program and usually has multiple stakeholders as compared to research, which has specific scientific hypotheses and fewer stakeholders.
b. Evaluation studies have higher generalizability, whereas research is concerned with only internal generalizability.
c. Evaluation studies use few methods, whereas research studies use multiple methods.
d. Evaluation studies have longer timelines and more resources, compared to research with shorter timelines and fewer resources.
ANS: A
Evaluation is concerned with the goals of a specific program, whereas research focuses on a specific scientific hypothesis. There are also fewer stakeholders in research than in evaluation. The scope of research is limited, whereas evaluation has a much broader scope. There are many components in evaluation that cannot be easily put into one category.
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