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Maturation Effect

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016698

A threat to the internal validity of an evaluation in which observed outcomes are a result of natural changes of the program participants over time rather than because of program impact.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016698
FieldEnvironment
SubjectPolicy and guidance
ReferencesProgram Evaluation Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016698",
  "term": "Maturation Effect",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A threat to the internal validity of an evaluation in which observed outcomes are a result of natural changes of the program participants over time rather than because of program impact.",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Program Evaluation Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/maturation-effect/"
}

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