Evaluation

<p>In <a href="/facts/Common_usage/xPIwwhd3">common usage</a>, evaluation is a <a href="/facts/System/hmqQ4ASX">systematic</a> determination and assessment of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of <a href="/facts/Standardization/vS9AhNMS">standards</a>. It can assist an organization, program, design, project or any other intervention or initiative to assess any aim, realizable concept/proposal, or any alternative, to help in <a href="/facts/Decision-making/NbJYprSw">decision-making</a>; or to generate the degree of achievement or value in regard to the aim and <a href="/facts/Goal/N5UtLKVk">objectives</a> and results of any such action that has been completed.
</p><p>The primary purpose of evaluation, in addition to gaining <a href="/facts/Insight/KQYgz0Ff">insight</a> into prior or existing initiatives, is to enable <a href="/facts/Human_self-reflection/hqjoJcRx">reflection</a> and assist in the identification of future change. Evaluation is often used to characterize and appraise subjects of interest in a wide range of human enterprises, including the <a href="/facts/Arts/kabJ6XX6">arts</a>, <a href="/facts/Criminal_justice/7dJlkbS3">criminal justice</a>, <a href="/facts/Foundation_(charity)/IFdbebs8">foundations</a>, <a href="/facts/Non-profit_organization/AmXu2c85">non-profit organizations</a>, <a href="/facts/Government/N4bYL0VC">government</a>, <a href="/facts/Health_care/LPS1WKbI">health care</a>, and other human services. It is long term and done at the end of a period of time.
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