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A wide range of different titles are applied to program evaluators, perhaps haphazardly at times, but there are some established usages: those who regularly use program evaluation skills and techniques on the job are known as '''program analysts'''<!-- only this title is bolded, having been made a target of a #REDIRECT page from [[Program Analyst (administration)]], as a primary search term to land here, parallel to Policy Analyst in the related profession; please do NOT bold others without talk page discussion -->; those whose positions combine [[administrative assistant]] or [[secretary]] duties with program evaluation are known as program assistants, program clerks (United Kingdom), program support specialists, or program associates; those whose positions add lower-level [[project management]] duties are known as Program Coordinators.
The process of evaluation is considered to be a relatively recent phenomenon. However, planned social evaluation has been documented as dating as far back as 2200 BC.<ref>{{cite book|author=Shadish, W. R.|author2=Cook, T. D.|author3=Leviton, L. C.|title=Foundations of program evaluation: Theories of practice.|year=1991|publisher=Sage.|___location=Newbury Park, CA}}</ref> Evaluation became particularly relevant in the United States in the 1960s during the period of the [[Great Society]] social programs associated with the [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon Johnson|Johnson]] administrations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/dolchp06.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413170714/http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/dolchp06.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2008|title=U.S. Department of Labor – Brief History of DOL – Eras of the New Frontier and the Great Society, 1961-1969|publisher=dol.gov}}</ref><ref>[https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/051.html National Archives, Records of the Office of Management and Budget (1995) ''51.8.8 Records of the Office of Program Evaluation'']</ref>
Program evaluations can involve both [[quantitative method|quantitative]] and [[qualitative method]]s of [[social research]]. People who do program evaluation come from many different backgrounds, such as [[sociology]], [[psychology]], [[economics]], [[social work]], as well as [[political science]] subfields such as [[public policy]] and [[public administration]] who have studied a similar methodology known as [[policy analysis]]. Some universities also have specific training programs, especially at the [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] level in program evaluation, for those who studied an [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] subject area lacking in program evaluation skills.<ref>American Evaluation Association's [https://www.eval.org/Education-Programs/University-Programs list of university programs].</ref>
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