Assessment & Evaluation Strategies Flashcards
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Which factor MOST threatens the internal validity of a diversity training evaluation?
Answer: Concurrent organizational changes (e.g., leadership restructuring)
Concurrent organizational changes can cause outcome shifts that are incorrectly attributed to the training program.
A trainer wants to assess implicit bias reduction after a workshop. Which tool is most commonly cited in the DEI field for this purpose?
Answer: Implicit Association Test (IAT)
The IAT, developed at Harvard, is the most widely used research tool for measuring implicit biases.
In evaluation reporting, presenting data disaggregated by race, gender, and disability status primarily serves what purpose?
Answer: Revealing inequities that aggregate data would obscure
Disaggregated reporting surfaces subgroup disparities that get masked when all scores are averaged together.
When an organization uses a logic model for its DEI training program, what does the 'outcomes' column represent?
Answer: Short- and long-term changes expected in knowledge, behavior, and organizational culture
Outcomes in a logic model describe the measurable changes the program intends to produce in participants and the organization.
A trainer is asked to evaluate whether a mentoring program for underrepresented talent improved retention. Which metric is MOST directly relevant?
Answer: 12-month voluntary turnover rate among mentee demographic groups
Retention rates among the targeted demographic directly reflect whether the program achieved its stated goal.
What is the key risk of relying exclusively on self-report data to evaluate diversity training outcomes?
Answer: Social desirability bias may cause participants to report more inclusive attitudes than they actually hold
Self-report measures are vulnerable to social desirability, where respondents answer in ways they believe are socially acceptable rather than truthfully.
A CDT practitioner recommends conducting a 'sustained impact study' 12 months post-training. What is the main goal of this evaluation phase?
Answer: To determine whether training effects persist or decay over time without reinforcement
Sustained impact studies assess whether behavior and attitude changes endure long after training ends or require ongoing reinforcement.