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goal-based evaluation

an evaluation that determines the extent to which a program has achieved its goals. This approach relies heavily on stated program goals and objectives, and as such it might overlook other aspects of the program. Compare goal-free evaluation. See also quantitative evaluation.

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December 7th 2024

integrity testing

integrity testing

procedures used to determine whether employees or applicants for employment are likely to engage in counterproductive work behavior. Overt integrity tests are inventories that directly ask people about their past behaviors and their attitudes toward unethical, illegal, and counterproductive behavior. Personality-based integrity tests are inventories measuring the character traits thought to be related to unethical, illegal, and counterproductive behavior. Integrity tests are sometimes called honesty tests.