Explanatory Research Is

question 5

Multiple Choice

Explanatory research is

• A) evaluation research throughout the program or policy being evaluated.
• B) evaluation research after the program or policy being evaluated ends.
• C) research in which a researcher seeks to test theories and addresses the question of why events or patterns occur in social reality.
• D) a technique developed by economists in which the positive and negative consequences of something are estimated, given a dollar value, then balanced against one another.

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