Karen is a special education administrator. She has collected data all year rega
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Karen is a special education administrator. She has collected data all year regarding the benefits and costs of an after-school community service program. She thinks the program is effective but must make a decision about whether the outcomes of the program for children justify the cost. She collects data from the students, parents, and those who have benefited from the program. Karen is engaging in what type of research?
A. Survey/Descriptive Research
B. Evaluation
C. Experimental
D.Qualitative
Explanation / Answer
Answer: B. Evaluation
Evaluation is concerned with the assessment of merit of some object in this case, the after-school community service program. It requires to give useful feedback and eventually aids in decision making.
This is not an experimental research as there are no treatment groups under the control of the researcher.
Qualitative research concerns with finding the causal effect of a problem which is not the case here.
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