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evaluation
evaluation In psychology and related applied settings, evaluation is the systematic study of whether change has occurred and how it develops over time in response to an intervention, program, or organizational process.
In psychology and related applied settings, evaluation is the systematic study of whether change has occurred and how it develops over time in response to an intervention, program, or organizational process. In this source, evaluation is framed as most valid when it examines change as an unfolding, phase-structured process rather than only comparing before-and-after scores.