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A renowned evaluator, Daniel L. Stufflebeam, once noted that “the purpose of evaluation is to improve, not prove” (Stufflebeam 1993). We begin the second half of the book with evaluation, a methodical determination of a health program or policy’s worth and significance using criteria governed by a set of standards to ensure its validity and reliability. As mentioned before in Chaps. 2 and 3, the validity and reliability of a program or policy is of utmost importance in both translational research and effectiveness in healthcare. This chapter introduces important philosophical models in evaluation, namely, William Farish, Joseph Rice, and Fredrick Taylor, all of which have made their contribution to the evolution of modern evaluation.
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Common Qualitative Data Analysis software include MAXQDA, QDA MINER, ATLAS.ti, NVivo, Dedoose for mixed methods, and others.
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Khakshooy, A.M., Chiappelli, F. (2018). Evaluation. In: Practical Biostatistics in Translational Healthcare. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57437-9_9
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