Effectiveness
The extent to which programmes achieve their objectives, in real-life settings.
Archives
Developmental Evaluation
“supports innovation development to guide adaptation to emergent and dynamic realities in complex environments” Michael Quinn Patton – http://betterevaluation.org/plan/approach/developmental_evaluation
Confounder
“Confounding refers to a situation in which a measure of the effect of an intervention or exposure is distorted because of the association of exposure with other factor(s) that influence the outcome under investigation. This can lead to erroneous conclusions... Read more
Benchmark
“evaluate (something) by comparison with a standard: we are benchmarking our performance against external criteria” http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/benchmark
Baseline
“A set of measurements before any intervention starts (after any initial ‘run-in’ period with no intervention), with which subsequent results are compared.” https://www.nice.org.uk/article/pmg20/chapter/glossary#baseline
Attribution
“causal link between observed (or expected to be observed) changes and a specific intervention.” WHO (2013) Evaluation Practice Handbook apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/96311/1/9789241548687_eng.pdf