Evaluate

How it is used

Researchers evaluate programs, interventions, models and sources; students are asked to critically evaluate arguments in essays. Assess is very close in meaning. The noun evaluation also names a whole type of research: program evaluation.

Example sentences

1. The study evaluated the effectiveness of a peer mentoring program for first-year students.

2. Critically evaluate two competing theories of motivation.

Common collocations

• critically evaluate
• evaluate the effectiveness of
• evaluate the evidence
• evaluation criteria

Related terms

• criteriaStandards or conditions used to judge, select or decide something; the singular form is criterion.
• evidenceFacts, data or findings that show whether a claim or idea is true or likely to be true.
• validityThe extent to which a study or instrument really measures what it claims to measure and supports the conclusions drawn from it.
• investigateTo study a question, problem or situation carefully and systematically in order to discover facts or explain how something works.

More terms: Academic Vocabulary

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• concept
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• implication
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• furthermore
• assumption
• phenomenon
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