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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:

assessing how good or bad something is

estimation of what something is worth

choosing between two things
Feedback:

Evaluation means a judgment, assessment or estimation of the value or worth of something. An evaluation helps us decide how good or bad something is and helps us choose between different options.

judging the value of something
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The examples below illustrate the meaning of evaluation.

doing homework for your statistics course

grading a student's test

deciding how much a painting is worth

judging whether a book is well-written

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

Response:

grading a student's test

judging whether a book is well-written

deciding how much a painting is worth

doing homework for your statistics course
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grade or assess the value of something.

form an opinion about how well something is done.

guess what will happen in the future.

make a judgment about how much something is worth.

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

 

The purpose of an evaluation is to...

Response:

guess what will happen in the future.
Feedback:

To evaluate is to judge the value of something and say how much it is worth or how well it was done. To predict means to 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.
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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 instruments they used to collect their data were reliable, that is, if these instruments would give similar results each time they were used.

whether the researchers have published other studies.

if enough people participated in the study to justify generalizing the results.

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 researchers have published other studies.

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.

if enough people participated in the study to justify generalizing the results.