A small panel of people selected for their knowledge or perspective on a topic of interest.
What is a Focus Group
100
A causal theory describing cause-and-effect sequences.
What is an Impact Theory.
100
The extent to which subgroups of a target population are unreached unequally by a program.
What is bias.
100
Can provide the most credible conclusions about the program effects or the "Golden Standard" for research design.
What is a Randomized Field Experiment.
100
Total discounted benefits minus the total discounted costs.
What is Net Benefit
200
Periodic measurements designed to track the course of a social condition over time.
What is a Social Indicator
200
Producing an explicit description of the conceptions, assumptions, and expectations that constitute the rationale for the way a program is structured and operated.
What is Articulation
200
A data system that routinely collects and reports information about the delivery of services.
What is MIS (Management Information System)
200
Assignment of potential targets to intervention and control groups.
What is Randomization.
200
Provides a framework for relating program cost to outcomes.
What is Efficiency Analyses.
300
Attempts to answer questions about the social conditions a program is intended to address and the need for the program, or to determine whether or not a new program is needed.
What is a Needs Assessment.
300
Type of assessment clarifying the program design, exploring the reality of the program, and possibly re-designing.
What is an Evaluability Assessment.
300
Continual measurement of the outcomes of the program – is the program improving what it is supposed to improve.
What is Outcome Monitoring.
300
The process of identifying the future consequences of a current or proposed action.
What is Impact Assessment
300
Positive program outcomes usually translated into monetary terms when doing a cost-benefit analysis.
What is Benefits.
400
Individuals, groups, geographically and politically related areas, or physical units.
What is a Target.
400
Describes the sequence through with the intended clients are expected to interact with the intended services.
What is Service Utilization Plan.
400
Achievement levels set by the program administrators and stake holders.
What is Administrative Standards
400
The loss of outcome data measured on targets assigned to control or intervention groups, usually occurs because targets cannot be located or refuse to contribute data.
What is Attrition
400
An efficiency analysis undertaken AFTER a program's outcomes are known
What is Ex Post efficiency analysis
500
The individuals or units in a specified area with characteristics indicating that they have a significant probability of having or developing a particular condition.
What is Population At Risk.
500
Type of program theory where the objectives and assumptions have NOT been clearly defined.