Wellesley Centers for Women 

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Taking Stock: Evaluation Research Paves the Way for Better Programming

Research projects at the Wellesley Centers for Women can take a variety of forms. The mix of approaches ranges from the most “traditional” in which researchers develop an hypothesis, design a study to test it, draw a sample to use in gathering information, and go into the field to collect data, to secondary analyses of existing data sets, and to reviews of published research, such as WCW’s 1992 report for the AAUW, How Schools Shortchange Girls.