Deck 1: Getting Stated With Program Evaluation

Question 1

Which of the following is committed to research and the creation of an organizational climate that encourages the production, reporting, and use of findings of the evaluation?

A) Evaluator
B) Researcher
C) Administrator
D) Methodologist

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following must guide the conduct of the research process from beginning to end?

A) Evaluator
B) Researcher
C) Administrator
D) Methodologist

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which evaluation should help in the future and provide information to determine whether a program should be continued and expanded or terminated?

A) Program-derived questions
B) Use for decision making
C) Action settings
D) Judgmental quality

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is derived from the goals of the program and its operations and defined by the evaluator alone?

A) Program-derived questions
B) Use for decision making
C) Action setting
D) Judgmental quality

Question 5

Which of the following utilizes objectivity and requires that the evaluator focuses on whether the program is achieving its desired goals?

A) Program-derived questions
B) Use for decision making
C) Action settings
D) Judgmental quality

Question 6

Which of the following requires the program administrator and staff to control access to information, records, and their clients?

A) Program-derived questions
B) Use for decision making
C) Action setting
D) Judgmental quality

Question 7

Which of the following is a result of the fact that the administrator's priority is providing program services, which often makes him or her unresponsive to the needs of the evaluation?

A) Role conflicts
B) Action setting
C) Allegiance
D) Publication

Question 8

Which of the following is vital to the establishment of a base of information on effective crime prevention programs?

A) Role conflicts
B) Action setting
C) Allegiance
D) Publication

Question 9

Which of the following occurs when the evaluator has obligations to the organization that funds the study?

A) Role conflicts
B) Action setting
C) Allegiance
D) Publication

Question 10

Which of the following uses rigorous methods to locate, appraise, and synthesize findings from criminal justice program evaluation studies?

A) Systematic review
B) Use for decision-making
C) Meta-analysis
D) Judgmental quality

Question 11

Family and parent training was identified as an effective intervention for delinquents and adolescents at risk for delinquency. This is an example for which type of program?

A) What doesn't work
B) What's promising
C) What might work
D) What works

Question 12

Proactive drunk-driving arrests with breath testing as a method of combating driving while intoxicated is an example of which type of program?

A) What doesn't work
B) What's promising
C) What might work
D) What works

Question 13

Programs such as D.A.R.E, correctional "boot camps," and "scared straight" programs are examples of which type of program?

A) What doesn't work
B) What's promising
C) What might work
D) What works

Question 14

Which of the following is a more methodologically sophisticated approach to reviewing the literature on a particular intervention?

A) Systematic review
B) Use for decision-making
C) Meta-analysis
D) Judgmental quality

Question 15

A key aspect of meta-analysis is:

A) The identification of what does not work
B) The magnitude of the effect size indicates effectiveness
C) The ability to separate outcomes
D) Indicating which study was best

Question 16

The aim of program evaluation is to determine the effectiveness of an intervention.

Question 17

The measurement of efficiency is the key problem faced by an evaluation researcher.

Question 18

Public agencies are not externally accountable to political authorities.

Question 19

Internally, criminal justice agencies must provide information on program compliance to flag problems.

Question 20

Determination of effectiveness is not a crucial difficulty facing the evaluator.

Question 21

The evaluator never has complete control over the research process because of the need to administer the program.

Question 22

The ultimate aim of evaluation research is to take over the role of policy maker.

Question 23

Overall, the "Maryland Report" clearly identified some myths and realities about effective crime prevention and treatment programs.

Question 24

Meta-analysis can provide multiple precise estimates of the effect size between two variables, thus providing an indication of the strength of the relationship between them.

Question 25

The Campbell Collaboration inhibits and regulates the development of rigorous and valid evaluation reports that can contribute to the policy making process.