MEERA Evaluation Glossary

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 Participatory evaluation

Participatory evaluation is a bottom-up approach to evaluation that is controlled either partially o ...

 Pilot test

A pilot test is an initial trial of a program, instrument, or other activity intended to test out pr ...

 Posttest

In program evaluation, a posttest is a test or measurement administered after services or activities ...

 Power analysis

In statistics, power is defined as the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis (i.e., there is ...

 Pretest

In program evaluation, a pretest is a test or measurement administered before the program or activit ...

 Program

In the context of evaluation, a program is the activity (or set of activities) that is being evaluat ...

 Purposeful sample

Purposeful sampling is a non-random method of sampling where the researcher selects “information-ric ...