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Evaluation comes from the word evaluate which means to judge the value or assess the different aspects of something.

For example:

The teacher’s evaluation of the students' work helped them see their strengths and weaknesses and showed them how to improve their work.


	estimation of what something is worth
	choosing between two things
	assessing how good or bad something is
	judging the value of something

Which answers are closest in meaning to evaluation? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	choosing between two things
	assessing how good or bad something is
	judging the value of something
	estimation of what something is worth

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The examples below illustrate the meaning of evaluation.


	judging whether a book is well-written
	doing homework for your statistics course
	grading a student's test
	deciding how much a painting is worth

Which answers are examples of evaluations? Choose the 3 correct answers.

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	deciding how much a painting is worth
	grading a student's test
	judging whether a book is well-written
	doing homework for your statistics course

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	guess what will happen in the future.
	make a judgment about how much something is worth.
	grade or assess the value of something.
	form an opinion about how well something is done.

Which answers best complete the sentence? Choose the 3 correct answers.

The purpose of an evaluation is to...

Response:

	grade or assess the value of something.
	form an opinion about how well something is done.
	make a judgment about how much something is worth.
	guess what will happen in the future.

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This exercise focuses on questions to ask yourself when you evaluate research data.

Read the paragraph and answer the question below.


	whether the researchers have published other studies.
	if enough people participated in the study to justify generalizing the results.
	whether the instruments they used to collect their data were reliable, that is, if these instruments would give similar results each time they were used.
	if the researchers chose their participants randomly, and without bias.

Evaluating Research Data

Before we accept researchers' conclusions, we need to use our own judgment and evaluate whether they have given us enough evidence to support their claims. Simply presenting us with their opinions is not enough. In order to evaluate researchers' claims and conclusions, we need to know how they collected and analyzed their data.

Choose the 3 correct answers that best complete this sentence. In order to evaluate researchers' claims and conclusions, we need to know...

Response:

	whether the instruments they used to collect their data were reliable, that is, if these instruments would give similar results each time they were used.
	if enough people participated in the study to justify generalizing the results.
	whether the researchers have published other studies.
	if the researchers chose their participants randomly, and without bias.