Define theory success, theory failure. and program failure, describe the differences between them and give an example of each within a human service program.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Theory success: there is an alignment between the program hypothesis and the implementation of the program design; implementation of the program design produces the desired outcome; if a jobs training program is implemented, then participants will find more job than the comparison group.
Theory failure: there is an alignment between the program hypothesis; implementation of the program design but does not produce the desired result; a jobs training program is implemented according to the design but does not produce the desired result.
Program failure: there is a misalignment of the program hypothesis; implementation of the program is not according to the design but does not produce the desired outcome; the hypothesis is that if a jobs training program is implemented according to the program design will produce the desired outcome but the implementation does not produce the desired outcome; a jobs training program is not implemented according to the design and does not produce the desired outcomes.
Cognitive Domain: Application
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