Grades 1-12 a conceptual understanding vocabulary booklet road safety education

MONITORING INDICA-
TOR
A monitoring indicator is a measure of the progress of your 
intervention’s activities, it relates to inputs and outputs. This 
involves the collection of process data which will alert you if 
your intervention is not going to plan. For example, it tells you 
if all leaflets and promotional materials have been delivered 
and distributed as intended.

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COMPARISON GROUP
A comparison group is a group of participants who do not 
receive the intervention being evaluated. A comparison group 
differs to a control group in that individuals or groups are 
not
randomly allocated. Allocation to the comparison (non-inter-
vention group) could be done on an arbitrary basis, or through 
more careful selection such as making sure an equal number 
of males and females go into each group (intervention and 
non-intervention).
CONTROL GROUP
A control group consists of those participants who have been 
randomly allocated to the non-intervention group. As they 
have been 
randomly allocated
they can be assumed to be 
equivalent to the individuals in the intervention group. There-
fore any changes in the two groups seen after the intervention 
can be said to be caused by the intervention, and not simply 
by individual differences between those who received the 
intervention, and those who did not.
BASELINE DATA/INFOR-
MATION
Baseline data or information is a measure of the current situa-
tion. It is the existing level of data or information (for example, 
about behaviour, knowledge, skills, attitudes or accidents) 
before the intervention starts. This can be compared to the 
same data at the end of the intervention (or a period of time 
afterwards) in order to measure the change achieved by the 
intervention.