Learning and Evaluation/Archive/Learning modules/3Be Specific
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Be specific, not vague or ambiguous
- Objective
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- Measuring a person’s participation level in a series of Edit-a-thons held during the month of March 2013.
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- Very poor
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- Did you attend the Edit-a-thon on March 21, 2013?
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- No information would be obtained about whether the respondent participated to one or more events.
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- Poor
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- Did you attend the March Edit-a-thon series regularly?
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- "Regularly" is a vague word that is interpreted differently by each respondent.
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- Better
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- Which, if any, of the March Edit-a-thon series did you participate in? Choose all that apply:
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- This question is much more specific and respondents will provide a full range of information.
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