Editing Evaluation (section)

==Methods and techniques==
Evaluation is methodologically diverse. Methods may be [[qualitative methods|qualitative]] or [[quantitative methods|quantitative]], and include [[case studies]], [[survey research]], [[statistical analysis]], model building, and many more such as:
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* [[Accelerated aging]]
* [[Action research]]
* [[Advanced product quality planning]]
* [[Alternative assessment]]
* [[Appreciative Inquiry]]
* [[Educational assessment|Assessment]]
* [[Axiomatic design]]
* [[Benchmarking]]
* [[Case study]]
* [[Change management]]
* [[Clinical trial]]
* [[Cohort study]]
* [[Competitor analysis]]
* [[Consensus decision-making]]
* [[Consensus-seeking decision-making]]
* [[Content analysis]]
* [[Conversation analysis]]
* [[Cost-benefit analysis]]
* [[Data mining]]
* [[Delphi Technique]]
* [[Design Focused Evaluation]]
* [[Discourse analysis]]
* [[Educational accreditation]]
* [[Electronic portfolio]]
* [[Environmental scanning]]
* [[Ethnography]]
* [[Experiment]]
* [[Experimental techniques]]
* [[Factor analysis]]
* [[Factorial experiment]]
* [[Feasibility study]]
* [[Field experiment]]
* [[Fixtureless in-circuit test]]
* [[Focus group]]
* [[Force field analysis]]
* [[Game theory]]
* [[Goal-free evaluation]]
* [[Grading in education|Grading]]
* [[Historical method]]
* [[Inquiry]]
* [[Interview]]
* [[Iterative design]]
* [[Marketing research]]
* [[Meta-analysis]]
* [[Performance metric|Metrics]]
* [[Most significant change technique]]
* [[Multivariate statistics]]
* [[Naturalistic observation]]
* [[Observational techniques]]
* [[Opinion poll]]ing
* [[Organizational learning]]
* [[Outcome mapping]]
* [[Outcomes theory]]
* [[Participant observation]]
* [[Participatory impact pathways analysis]]
* [[Policy analysis]]
* [[Post occupancy evaluation]]
* Process improvement
* [[Project management]]
* [[Qualitative research]]
* [[Quality audit]]
* [[Quality circle]]
* [[Quality control]]
* [[Quality management]]
* [[Quality management system]]
* [[Quantitative research]]
* [[Questionnaire]]
* [[Questionnaire construction]]
* [[Review]]
* [[Root cause analysis]]
* [[Rubric (academic)|Rubrics]]
* [[Sampling (statistics)|Sampling]]
* [[Self-assessment]]
* [[Six Sigma]]
* [[Standardized testing]]
* [[Statistical process control]]
* [[Statistical survey]]
* [[Statistics]]
* [[Strategic planning]]
* [[Structured interviewing]]
* [[Systems theory]]
* [[Test (student assessment)|Student testing]]
* [[Theory of change]]

* [[Theory-driven evaluation]]
* [[Total quality management]]
* [[Triangulation (social science)|Triangulation]]
* [[Wizard of Oz experiment]]
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