{"id":373388,"date":"2026-10-07T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373388"},"modified":"2026-10-08T07:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:10:02","slug":"pub-ad-optional-daily-brief-7-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pub-ad-optional-daily-brief-7-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief \u2013 7 \u2013 October \u2013 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>HINKER OF THE DAY | MICHAEL SCRIVEN<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Work &#8211; Evaluation Thesaurus<\/p>\n<p>Views<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evaluation is about judging merit and worth &#8211; Scriven moved evaluation beyond simply measuring whether predetermined objectives were achieved.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The evaluator should not become overly attached to the programme&#8217;s stated objectives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The focus should be on its actual effects, including unintended consequences.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Evaluation during implementation helps in improving a programme before it is completed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Evaluation after implementation determines the programme&#8217;s overall merit, worth and effectiveness.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>A policy should ultimately be judged by what it actually produces, not merely by what policymakers intended.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The interests and needs of the beneficiaries or users should be central to judging a programme.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Scriven rejected the idea that evaluation is merely neutral measurement; it involves making value judgements about merit and worth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Evaluation is not merely measurement, it is the determination of the merit and worth of a programme.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>KEYWORD OF THE DAY | Cost-Benefit Analysis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It means a method of comparing the expected costs of an action with its expected benefits to determine whether it is worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUB AD PYQ VAULT | Day 59 | 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Indian judicial system has failed to deliver justice expeditiously.\u201d Examine the challenges faced by the judiciary and suggest measures to overcome them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HINKER OF THE DAY | MICHAEL SCRIVEN Work &#8211; Evaluation Thesaurus Views Evaluation is about judging merit and worth &#8211; Scriven moved evaluation beyond simply measuring whether predetermined objectives were achieved. The evaluator should not become overly attached to the programme&#8217;s stated objectives. The focus should be on its actual effects, including unintended consequences. Evaluation&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pub-ad-optional-daily-brief-7-october-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pub Ad Optional Daily Brief \u2013 7 \u2013 October \u2013 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pub-ad-optional-daily-brief","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}