Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Evaluation research was not conducted prior to the 1950s.
2. Evaluation research could use either quantitative or qualitative methodologies.
3. An evaluation of need should be performed before new social programs are developed rather than after.
4. Whenever possible, nonexperimental designs should not be used for evaluation research because they are "of almost no scientific value."
5. In a theory-driven evaluation, a researcher addresses the process of the program.
6. One issue with using an experimental research design in evaluation studies is the inability to randomly assign people into the control or experimental groups.
7. Most published evaluation studies in criminal justice are devoted to some form of need assessment.
8. A reason that a social program may not be able to be assessed is because it lacks a clear purpose.
9. Evaluation research is designed to test the implications of criminological theory.
10. A one-shot design is considered to be a credible research design.
11. In a responsive evaluation, the stakeholders are responsive to the needs of the researcher
12. In basic science, the motivation is to improve society.
13. Efficiency evaluations indicate that therapeutic communities are ineffective as the costs to operate them exceed the benefits.
14. In a black box evaluation, a researcher addresses the process of the program
15. In a social science approach, the researcher independently specifies the nature and focus of the evaluation.

Answer 1

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. False
8. True
9. False
10. False
11. False
12. False
13. False
14. False
15. True