2D2-09 - Measure the following list of variables by searching the internet or research library and reading the resources to provide example questions.

This unit continues your study of program evaluation. The activities will apply your new knowledge of research design to the evaluation of program effectiveness.

OBJECTIVES

To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:

1. Explain strategies for measuring program effectiveness.

2. Understand variable level of measurement.

3. Explain the reliability and validity of measures.

4. Communicate through writing that is concise, balanced, and logically organized.

Unit 2 - Program Evaluation: Quantitative Research Design INTRODUCTION

[u02s1] Unit 2 Study 1

• Program Evaluation Life Cycle - read transcript

Readings

Use your Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement text to complete the following:

• Read Chapter 3. ◦ Pay attention to question 5 on page 137. The content this question addresses will be relevant for the first discussion in this unit.

• Read Chapter 4.

[u02d2] Unit 2 Discussion 2 - Levels of Measurement and Creating Survey Questions After reading about levels of measurement in Chapter 4, search the Internet or the Research Library for examples of questions that measure each type of variable.

Complete the following in your discussion post:

• Use the construct of yearly income to write a survey question, along with the possible answers, for each type of variable level of measurements; nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.

• Clearly label which survey question is nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.