Evaluation research is a form of program evaluation.
Evaluation research is a form of applied research Applied research is a form of evaluation research Applied research is a form of program evaluation Program evaluation is a form of survey research 3. The recent growth of evaluation research is due primarily to increased methodological sophistication the spurt in the number of social scientists increased federal requirements and financial support disagreement over policy implications the decline in quality of services rendered by social service agencies 4. The most critical problem in evaluation research is dealing with ethical issues measuring the outcome developing an adequate sample dealing with political constraints developing appropriate statistical techniques 6. The key issue in specifying and measuring outcomes is to consider multiple outcomes and multiple indicators of each to rank order the outcomes to reflect the importance attached to outcomes by program administrators to consult clients to employ scaling techniques 7. Measures that have been used previously are likely to have higher degrees of conceptual diversity dimensionality validity and reliability statistical rigor datedness 9.