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The Meaning of Success

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The fundamental purpose of the evaluation process is to determine the value or worth of an activity. In passing judgement on this activity, the evaluator comments on its success or failure in respect of some valued goal. Evaluation is concerned with effectiveness, i.e. it says whether or not the valued goal has been achieved. It also makes statements about efficiency by providing an indication of the extent to which the measures designed to achieve the valued goal have been effective, by comparing them with alternative and competing measures.

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Tones, K., Tilford, S., Robinson, Y.K. (1990). The Meaning of Success. In: Health Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3230-3_1

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