Evaluation - Methods and Techniques

Methods and Techniques

Evaluation is methodologically diverse. Methods may be qualitative or quantitative, and include case studies, survey research, statistical analysis, model building, and many more such as:

  • Accelerated aging
  • Action research
  • Advanced product quality planning
  • Alternative assessment
  • Appreciative Inquiry
  • Assessment
  • Axiomatic design
  • Benchmarking
  • Case study
  • Change management
  • Clinical trial
  • Cohort study
  • Competitor analysis
  • Consensus decision-making
  • Consensus-seeking decision-making
  • Content analysis
  • Conversation analysis
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • Data mining
  • Delphi Technique
  • Design Focused Evaluation
  • Discourse analysis
  • Educational accreditation
  • Electronic portfolio
  • Environmental scanning
  • Ethnography
  • Experiment
  • Experimental techniques
  • Factor analysis
  • Factorial experiment
  • Feasibility study
  • Field experiment
  • Fixtureless in-circuit test
  • Focus group
  • Force field analysis
  • Game theory
  • Grading
  • Historical method
  • Inquiry
  • Interview
  • Marketing research
  • Meta-analysis
  • Metrics
  • Multivariate statistics
  • Naturalistic observation
  • Observational techniques
  • Opinion polling
  • Organizational learning
  • Outcome mapping
  • Participant observation
  • Participatory impact pathways analysis
  • Policy analysis
  • Post occupancy evaluation
  • Process improvement
  • Project management
  • Qualitative research
  • Quality audit
  • Quality circle
  • Quality control
  • Quality management
  • Quality management system
  • Quantitative research
  • Questionnaire
  • Questionnaire construction
  • Root cause analysis
  • Rubrics
  • Sampling
  • Self-assessment
  • Six Sigma
  • Standardized testing
  • Statistical process control
  • Statistical survey
  • Statistics
  • Strategic planning
  • Structured interviewing
  • Systems theory
  • Student testing
  • Total quality management
  • Triangulation
  • Wizard of Oz experiment

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