MEERA Evaluation Glossary

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 Sample

A sample is a group of subjects or cases selected from a larger group in the hope that this smaller ...

 Self-report

Self-report is a method used to evaluate participant characteristics by asking the participants to p ...

 Skills

Two important domains of skills relevant to environmental education include cognitive skills and aff ...

 Snowball sample

A snowball sample is a purposive sample selected by relying on previously identified group members t ...

 Stakeholder

In the context of program evaluation, a stakeholder is an individual who has an interest in, affects ...

 Standard deviation

A standard deviation is a statistical measure of the spread or variability in a distribution of scor ...

 Statistical significance

A result is called "statistically significant" if it is unlikely to have occurred by chance.  This t ...

 Summative evaluation

Summative evaluation is evaluation designed is to evaluate the effectiveness of a program or activit ...