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evaluation|ɪˌvæljuːˈeɪʃən|
[a. Fr. évaluation, f. évaluer, f. é- = es- (:— L. ex) out + value value.]
1. The action of appraising or valuing (goods, etc.); a calculation or statement of value; = valuation. Now rare.
1755N. Magens Insurances II. 137 When a certain Evaluation is admitted in the Policy, no Premium can be demanded back. 1804Colebrooke Husb. & Commerce Bengal (1806) 54 The usual evaluation of different articles of produce. 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) I. ii. 58 The evaluation of his treasures has been preserved.
2. The action of evaluating or determining the value of (a mathematical expression, a physical quantity, etc.), or of estimating the force of (probabilities, evidence, etc.).
1779Ingenhousz in Phil. Trans. LXIX. 395 This evaluation was made before the new discoveries upon the nature of nitre and charcoal. 1790Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) III. 509 His evaluation [of the mansus] would produce two hundred, or more probably twenty thousand English acres. 1828Edin. Rev. XLVIII. 511 The evaluation of certain sorts of evidence. 1846Mill Logic iii. xviii. §3 Before applying the doctrine of chances..the foundation must be laid for an evaluation of the chances. 1887Athenæum 2 Apr. 452/1 The author's ..evaluation of some terms in the [lunar] theory..was thereby lost.
Add:3. Special Comb. evaluation research, the study of methods of evaluating social programmes, training programmes, etc.
1966P. Hesseling (title) Strategy of *evaluation research in the field of supervisory and management training. 1972C. H. Weiss (title) Evaluation research: methods for assessing program effectiveness. 1977J. P. Campbell in P. S. Goodman et al. New Perspectives on Organizational Effectiveness 14 Another closely related area is that of ‘evaluation’ research... One theme concerns evaluations of social programs aimed at determining whether these programs have worked or not... The second theme..has to do with curriculum evaluation. |