Question

Karen is a school principal. She has been collecting data all year regarding the benefits and costs of an after-school community service program. She thinks the program is effective but must make a decision about whether or not the outcomes of the program for the children justify the cost. She collects data from the students, parents, and those that have benefited from the program to assist in making her decision. Karen is engaging in which type of research?

Answer 1

Cost Benefit Analysis

Step-by-step explanation:

Cost benefit analysis research is "a systematic process for calculating and comparing benefits and costs of a project. A cost benefit analysis finds, quantifies, and adds all the positive factors (the benefits). Then it identifies, quantifies, and subtracts all the negatives (the costs). The difference between the two indicates whether the planned action is advisable."

If Karen is doing a cost benefit analysis well she must be sure she includes all the costs and all the benefits and properly quantify them in the community service program.

Reference: Worcester Polytechnic Institute. “Guides: Research Methodology: Cost Benefit Analysis.” Cost Benefit Analysis - Research Methodology - Guides at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Oct. 2019,