Consider the Politics of Evaluation Research and Discuss How and Why

question 21

Essay

Consider the politics of evaluation research and discuss how and why politics should be considered in evaluation research. Now imagine that your local government wants to implement a basic income of $1,000 per month for citizens earning less than $200,000 per year and they want you to evaluate the programs efficacy. Discuss the following:
a. name the independent variable in this study.
b. propose a possible dependent variable for this study.
c. What are two rival plausible explanations?
d. evaluate the study's internal validity, identify what threat(s) to internal validity you believe might be present, and state how you might safeguard the study to control for those threats.
e. discuss the potential use of time-series data and why it may (or may not) be helpful to this study.
f. discuss the role of politics in this process

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