Evaluation Dictionary
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A
- Dec 30, 2021 Accountability
- Dec 29, 2021 Accuracy
- Dec 28, 2021 Action Plan
- Dec 27, 2021 Activities
- Dec 26, 2021 Administrative data
- Dec 25, 2021 Advisory Group
- Dec 24, 2021 Advocacy
- Dec 23, 2021 Aggregate
- Dec 23, 2021 Aim
- Dec 22, 2021 Alternative hypothesis
- Dec 20, 2021 Analysis
- Dec 19, 2021 Anecdotal evidence
- Dec 18, 2021 Anonymity
- Dec 17, 2021 Applied research
- Dec 16, 2021 Appreciative inquiry
- Dec 15, 2021 Archival data
- Dec 15, 2021 Area graph
- Dec 13, 2021 Assessment
- Dec 12, 2021 Assumptions
- Dec 11, 2021 ATLAS.ti
- Dec 10, 2021 Attitudes
- Dec 9, 2021 Attribution
- Dec 8, 2021 Audience
- Sep 29, 2019 Audit
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B
- Nov 29, 2021 Balancing measure
- Nov 28, 2021 Bar graph
- Nov 27, 2021 Barrier
- Nov 26, 2021 Baseline
- Nov 25, 2021 Benchmark
- Nov 24, 2021 Beneficiaries
- Nov 24, 2021 Beneficiary evaluation
- Nov 22, 2021 Benefit Transfer Method
- Nov 21, 2021 Bias
- Nov 20, 2021 Big data
- Nov 19, 2021 Blue marble evaluation
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C
- Oct 30, 2021 Calendly
- Oct 29, 2021 Case control study
- Oct 28, 2021 Case study
- Oct 27, 2021 Categorical variable
- Oct 27, 2021 Causation
- Oct 25, 2021 Central tendency
- Oct 24, 2021 Chi-square test
- Oct 23, 2021 Client
- Oct 22, 2021 Close-ended question
- Oct 22, 2021 Code
- Oct 21, 2021 Codebook
- Oct 19, 2021 Coding
- Oct 19, 2021 Cohort
- Oct 17, 2021 Collaboration
- Oct 16, 2021 Collaborative evaluation
- Oct 15, 2021 Collaborative outcomes reporting
- Oct 15, 2021 Community-based research
- Oct 13, 2021 Community engagement
- Oct 12, 2021 Comparison group
- Oct 11, 2021 Conclusion
- Oct 10, 2021 Confidence interval
- Oct 9, 2021 Confidence level
- Oct 8, 2021 Confidentiality
- Oct 7, 2021 Confirmation bias
- Oct 6, 2021 Confounding variable
- Oct 5, 2021 Consent
- Oct 5, 2021 Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)
- Oct 3, 2021 Construct
- Oct 2, 2021 Construct validity
- Oct 1, 2021 Constructivism
- Sep 30, 2021 Consultant
- Sep 29, 2021 Consumers
- Sep 28, 2021 Content analysis
- Sep 27, 2021 Content validity
- Sep 26, 2021 Context
- Sep 26, 2021 Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
- Sep 24, 2021 Continuous variable
- Sep 23, 2021 Contribution analysis
- Sep 22, 2021 Control group
- Sep 21, 2021 Convenience sampling
- Sep 20, 2021 Correlation
- Sep 19, 2021 Cost-benefit analysis
- Sep 18, 2021 Cost effectiveness analysis
- Sep 17, 2021 Counterfactual
- Sep 16, 2021 Credentialed evaluator
- Sep 15, 2021 Criteria Based Ranking (CBR)
- Sep 14, 2021 Critical systems heuristics (CSH)
- Sep 13, 2021 Cross-sectional study
- Sep 12, 2021 Cultural competency
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D
- Aug 30, 2021 Dashboard
- Aug 29, 2021 Data
- Aug 28, 2021 Data analysis
- Aug 27, 2021 Data cleaning
- Aug 26, 2021 Data collection
- Aug 26, 2021 Data collection matrix
- Aug 24, 2021 Data collection tools
- Aug 24, 2021 Data governance
- Aug 23, 2021 Data dictionary
- Aug 21, 2021 Data management
- Aug 20, 2021 Data owner
- Aug 19, 2021 Data ownership
- Aug 18, 2021 Data party
- Aug 17, 2021 Data placemats
- Aug 16, 2021 Data quality
- Aug 16, 2021 Data reduction
- Aug 15, 2021 Data sharing agreement
- Aug 13, 2021 Data source
- Aug 12, 2021 Data Steward
- Aug 11, 2021 Data Stewardship
- Aug 10, 2021 Data viz
- Aug 9, 2021 Database
- Aug 8, 2021 Dedoose
- Aug 7, 2021 Deductive coding
- Aug 7, 2021 DEI
- Aug 7, 2021 Defensibility
- Aug 4, 2021 Deliverology
- Aug 3, 2021 Delphi technique
- Aug 3, 2021 Democratic evaluation
- Aug 1, 2021 Demographic information
- Jul 31, 2021 Dependent variable
- Jul 30, 2021 Design thinking
- Jul 28, 2021 Determinant Frameworks
- Jul 28, 2021 Determinants
- Jul 27, 2021 Developmental evaluation
- Jul 26, 2021 Dichotomous variable
- Jul 25, 2021 Diffusion of Innovation (DOI)
- Jul 24, 2021 Direct cost
- Jul 21, 2021 Dissemination
- Jul 19, 2021 Document review
- Jul 18, 2021 Dot plot
- Sep 26, 2019 Discounting
- Sep 26, 2019 Discrete variable
- Sep 26, 2019 Distribution
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E
- Jun 30, 2021 Economic evaluation
- Jun 28, 2021 Effect
- Jun 28, 2021 Effectiveness
- Jun 26, 2021 Empowerment evaluation
- Jun 25, 2021 Enablers
- Jun 24, 2021 Engagement
- Jun 23, 2021 Ethics
- Jun 23, 2021 Ethnography
- Jun 21, 2021 Evaluability
- Jun 20, 2021 Evaluability assessment
- Jun 19, 2021 Evaluand
- Jun 18, 2021 Evaluation
- Jun 17, 2021 Evaluation capacity
- Jun 17, 2021 Evaluation design
- Jun 15, 2021 Evaluation framework
- Jun 15, 2021 Evaluation plan
- Jun 14, 2021 Evaluation purpose
- Jun 12, 2021 Evaluation questions
- Jun 11, 2021 Evaluation rubric
- Jun 11, 2021 Evaluation science
- Jun 9, 2021 Evaluation scientist
- Jun 9, 2021 Evaluative thinking
- Jun 7, 2021 Evaluator
- Jun 6, 2021 Environmental scan
- Jun 5, 2021 Executive summary
- Jun 5, 2021 Experimental design
- Jun 3, 2021 Ex-ante evaluation
- Jun 2, 2021 Ex-post evaluation
- Jun 1, 2021 Ex-post facto design
- May 31, 2021 External evaluation
- May 30, 2021 External factors
- May 28, 2021 External validity
- May 27, 2021 Extrapolate
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F
- Apr 29, 2021 Face validity
- Apr 28, 2021 Facilitator
- Apr 27, 2021 Feasibility
- Apr 27, 2021 Field notes
- Apr 25, 2021 Finding
- Apr 24, 2021 Fishbowl technique
- Apr 23, 2021 Focus group
- Apr 22, 2021 Focused interview
- Apr 22, 2021 Formal interview
- Apr 20, 2021 Formative evaluation
- Apr 19, 2021 Framework analysis
- Apr 18, 2021 Frequencies
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G
- Mar 30, 2021 Gap analysis
- Mar 29, 2021 Gender analysis
- Mar 28, 2021 Generalizability
- Mar 27, 2021 Gini index
- Mar 26, 2021 Goal
- Mar 25, 2021 Goal statement
- Mar 24, 2021 Grounded theory
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H
- Feb 27, 2021 Halo effect
- Feb 26, 2021 Hawthorne effect
- Feb 25, 2021 Horizontal evaluation
- Feb 24, 2021 Horn effect
- Feb 23, 2021 Hypothesis
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I
- Jan 30, 2021 Immediate or short-term outcome
- Jan 30, 2021 Impact
- Jan 28, 2021 Impact analysis
- Jan 27, 2021 Impact assessment
- Jan 26, 2021 Impact evaluation
- Jan 25, 2021 Implementation
- Jan 24, 2021 Implementation plan
- Jan 23, 2021 Implementation science
- Jan 22, 2021 Implementation strategy
- Jan 21, 2021 Incidence
- Jan 21, 2021 Independent evaluator
- Jan 19, 2021 Independent variable
- Jan 19, 2021 Index
- Jan 17, 2021 Indicator
- Jan 16, 2021 Indigenous evaluation
- Jan 15, 2021 Indirect benefit
- Jan 14, 2021 Indirect cost
- Jan 13, 2021 Inductive coding
- Jan 12, 2021 Inference
- Jan 11, 2021 Inferential statistics
- Jan 10, 2021 Infographic
- Jan 9, 2021 Informal interview
- Jan 8, 2021 Information management (IM)
- Jan 7, 2021 Information manager
- Jan 6, 2021 Information manager agreement (IMA)
- Jan 5, 2021 Information source
- Jan 4, 2021 Innovation
- Jan 3, 2021 Input
- Jan 2, 2021 Instrument
- Jan 1, 2021 Intended users
- Dec 31, 2020 Inter rater reliability
- Dec 30, 2020 Internal evaluation
- Dec 29, 2020 Internal validity
- Dec 28, 2020 Intersectionality
- Dec 27, 2020 Interval data
- Dec 26, 2020 Intervention
- Dec 25, 2020 Interview
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J
- Nov 29, 2020 Joint evaluation
- Nov 28, 2020 Journey map
- Sep 20, 2019 Judgement
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K
- Oct 30, 2020 Key informant
- Oct 29, 2020 Key performance indicator (KPI)
- Oct 28, 2020 Kirkpatrick Model
- Oct 27, 2020 Knowledge exchange
- Oct 26, 2020 Knowledge management (KM)
- Oct 25, 2020 Knowledge translation
- Oct 24, 2020 Knowledge-to-Action
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L
- Jan 15, 2024 Learning framework
- Sep 28, 2020 Likert-type scale
- Sep 27, 2020 Line graph
- Sep 26, 2020 Literature review
- Sep 23, 2020 Longitudinal data
- Sep 22, 2020 Longitudinal study
- Sep 21, 2020 Long-term outcome
- Sep 19, 2019 Log Frame
- Sep 18, 2019 Logic model
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M
- Aug 30, 2020 Marginal distribution
- Aug 29, 2020 Marginalized populations
- Aug 28, 2020 Maximum variation sampling
- Aug 27, 2020 Mean
- Aug 26, 2020 Measurement
- Aug 25, 2020 Measures
- Aug 25, 2020 Mechanisms
- Aug 23, 2020 Median
- Aug 23, 2020 Medium term outcome
- Aug 21, 2020 Merit
- Aug 20, 2020 Meta-analysis
- Aug 19, 2020 Meta-evaluation
- Aug 18, 2020 Methodology
- Aug 17, 2020 Methods
- Aug 16, 2020 Metric
- Aug 15, 2020 Mid-term evaluation
- Aug 14, 2020 Milestone
- Aug 13, 2020 Mission
- Aug 12, 2020 Mixed methods
- Aug 10, 2020 Moderator
- Aug 10, 2020 Mode
- Aug 9, 2020 Monitoring
- Aug 8, 2020 Monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
- Aug 7, 2020 Monitoring system
- Aug 6, 2020 Most significant change
- Aug 5, 2020 Multiple-Criteria Decision Approach (MCDA)
- Aug 4, 2020 Multiple methods
- Aug 3, 2020 Multivariate analysis (MVA)
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N
- Jul 30, 2020 Needs assessment
- Jul 29, 2020 Nested area graph
- Jul 28, 2020 Network evaluation
- Jul 27, 2020 Nominal variable
- Jul 26, 2020 Non-parametric tests
- Jul 25, 2020 Non-response bias
- Jul 24, 2020 Norm (social)
- Jul 23, 2020 Norm (statistics)
- Jul 22, 2020 Normal curve
- Jul 21, 2020 Normal distribution
- Jul 20, 2020 Normalization Process Theory (NPT)
- Jul 19, 2020 Null hypothesis
- Jul 18, 2020 NVivo
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O
- Jun 29, 2020 Objective
- Jun 28, 2020 Objectives
- Jun 27, 2020 Objectivity
- Jun 26, 2020 Observation
- Jun 25, 2020 Observation tool
- Jun 25, 2020 Observational study
- Jun 23, 2020 Online survey
- Jun 22, 2020 Open-ended interview
- Jun 21, 2020 Open-ended question
- Jun 20, 2020 Operational definition
- Jun 19, 2020 Operational plan
- Jun 18, 2020 Operationalize
- Jun 17, 2020 Opportunity costs
- Jun 16, 2020 Ordinal variable
- Jun 15, 2020 Outcome
- Jun 14, 2020 Outcome chain
- Jun 13, 2020 Outcome evaluation
- Jun 12, 2020 Outcome harvesting
- Jun 11, 2020 Outcome mapping (OM)
- Jun 10, 2020 Outcome measure
- Jun 9, 2020 Outcome measurement
- Jun 8, 2020 Outlier
- Jun 7, 2020 Output
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P
- May 30, 2020 Panel data
- May 29, 2020 Parameter
- May 28, 2020 Participant observation
- May 27, 2020 Participatory evaluation
- May 26, 2020 Partner
- May 25, 2020 Peer review
- May 24, 2020 Performance appraisal
- May 23, 2020 Performance evaluation
- May 22, 2020 Performance measurement
- May 21, 2020 Personally-Identifying Information (PII)
- May 20, 2020 Phenomenology
- May 19, 2020 Photovoice
- May 18, 2020 Pie chart
- May 17, 2020 Pilot
- May 16, 2020 Pilot test
- May 15, 2020 Pivot charts
- May 15, 2020 Pivot tables
- May 13, 2020 Plan-do-study-act (PDSA)
- May 12, 2020 Policy analysis
- May 11, 2020 Population
- May 10, 2020 Positivism
- May 9, 2020 Post-test
- May 8, 2020 Power
- May 7, 2020 Power (stats)
- May 5, 2020 Prevalence
- May 5, 2020 Pre-test
- May 4, 2020 Primacy effect
- May 3, 2020 Primary data
- May 2, 2020 Primary intended users
- May 1, 2020 Principles-focused evaluation
- Apr 30, 2020 Privacy
- Apr 29, 2020 Privacy impact assessment (PIA)
- Apr 28, 2020 Probability
- Apr 27, 2020 Probability sample
- Apr 26, 2020 Probability sampling
- Apr 25, 2020 Probe
- Apr 24, 2020 Problem statement
- Apr 23, 2020 Process evaluation
- Apr 22, 2020 Process improvement
- Apr 21, 2020 Process measure
- Apr 20, 2020 Program evaluation
- Apr 19, 2020 Program model
- Apr 18, 2020 Program theory
- Apr 17, 2020 Project evaluation
- Apr 16, 2020 Protocol
- Apr 15, 2020 Psychometrics
- Apr 14, 2020 Pulse survey
- Apr 13, 2020 Purposive sampling
- Apr 12, 2020 P-Value
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Q
- Mar 30, 2020 Qualitative data
- Mar 29, 2020 Qualitative data analysis
- Mar 28, 2020 Qualitative data analysis software
- Mar 27, 2020 Quality improvement
- Mar 26, 2020 Quantitative data
- Mar 25, 2020 Quantitative data analysis
- Mar 24, 2020 Quasi-experimental design
- Mar 23, 2020 Questionnaire
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R
- Mar 26, 2024 Results framework
- Mar 18, 2024 Request for proposal (RFP)
- Mar 13, 2024 Risk matrix
- Mar 13, 2024 Risk analysis
- Mar 12, 2024 Rich pictures
- Mar 11, 2024 Results chain
- Mar 11, 2024 Responsiveness
- Mar 11, 2024 Research impact assessment (RIA)
- Mar 11, 2024 Rationale
- Mar 11, 2024 Realist evaluation
- Jan 10, 2024 Return on Investment (ROI)
- Jan 10, 2024 Reference
- Jan 10, 2024 Recommendation
- Jan 10, 2024 Recency effect
- Jan 10, 2024 Recall bias
- Jan 10, 2024 Reach
- Jan 10, 2024 Radar graphs
- Jan 10, 2024 Randomized control trial (RCT)
- Sep 18, 2023 RE-AIM
- Nov 21, 2019 Response rate
- Nov 21, 2019 R programming language
- Nov 20, 2019 Reliability
- Nov 20, 2019 Reference manager
- Nov 20, 2019 Research
- Nov 20, 2019 Randomization
- Nov 20, 2019 Random sampling
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S
- Mar 26, 2024 Stratified Random Sampling
- Mar 14, 2024 Standardized tool
- Mar 13, 2024 Survivorship bias
- Mar 13, 2024 Subjectivity
- Mar 13, 2024 Steering committee
- Mar 13, 2024 Standing
- Mar 13, 2024 Stakeholder analysis
- Mar 13, 2024 Stakeholder matrix
- Mar 13, 2024 Social innovation lab
- Mar 13, 2024 Social impact assessment
- Mar 13, 2024 Social desirability bias
- Mar 13, 2024 Scope Creep
- Mar 13, 2024 Scope
- Mar 11, 2024 Secondary data
- Jan 10, 2024 Statistic
- Jan 10, 2024 Stratification
- Jan 10, 2024 Stacked bar chart
- Jan 10, 2024 Sparkline
- Jan 10, 2024 SMART Goal
- Jan 10, 2024 Scatter plot
- Jan 10, 2024 SAS
- Jan 10, 2024 Sampling bias
- Jan 10, 2024 SWOT analysis
- Sep 13, 2023 Social Return on Investment (SROI)
- Sep 13, 2023 Snowball sampling
- Sep 13, 2023 Sample
- Nov 21, 2019 Spurious correlation
- Nov 21, 2019 Structured interview
- Nov 21, 2019 Statistically significant
- Nov 21, 2019 Survey
- Nov 20, 2019 Systems thinking
- Nov 20, 2019 Sustainability
- Nov 20, 2019 Summative evaluation
- Nov 20, 2019 Strategic planning
- Nov 20, 2019 Statistics
- Nov 20, 2019 STATA
- Nov 20, 2019 Standard deviation
- Nov 20, 2019 Stakeholder
- Nov 20, 2019 SPSS
- Nov 20, 2019 Social network analysis
- Nov 20, 2019 Small multiples
- Nov 20, 2019 Semi-structured interview
- Nov 20, 2019 Self-selection bias
- Nov 20, 2019 Sampling
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T
- Mar 13, 2024 Time series study
- Mar 13, 2024 Threshold
- Mar 13, 2024 Terms of reference (ToR)
- Mar 13, 2024 Target
- Mar 6, 2024 Theme
- Jan 10, 2024 Type II error
- Jan 10, 2024 Type I error
- Jan 10, 2024 Test re-test reliability
- Nov 21, 2019 Treatment group
- Nov 21, 2019 Triangulation
- Nov 21, 2019 Transcription
- Nov 21, 2019 Theory of change
- Nov 21, 2019 Thematic analysis
- Nov 21, 2019 t-test
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U
- Mar 13, 2024 Utility
- Mar 13, 2024 Undercoverage
- Jan 10, 2024 Unintended results
- Sep 12, 2023 Utilization-focused evaluation (U-FE)
- Nov 21, 2019 Unstructured interview
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V
- Mar 18, 2024 Virtual interviewing
- Mar 14, 2024 Voluntary response bias
- Mar 14, 2024 Value Statement
- Mar 14, 2024 Values
- Mar 6, 2024 Value of a Statistical Life (VSL)
- Dec 10, 2019 Vulnerable populations
- Nov 21, 2019 Vision
- Nov 21, 2019 Variance
- Nov 21, 2019 Validity
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W
- Jan 15, 2024 World café
- Jan 15, 2024 Working group
- Jan 15, 2024 Work plan