EVALUATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Evaluation is an invaluable tool to support decision making. Evaluations consider the efficiency of projects, programs, policies and organizations and how these are alligned with initial goals and objectives. They identify their strengths, weaknesses and impacts and monitor their progress. Evaluation – especially benchmarking – can also be used for making comparisons, in order to select the most promising approach or field of research and development (R&D).

Evaluations are an essential element of well-managed organizations. Given the growing importance of accountability, evaluations play a vital role in the relationship between stakeholders and the recipients of public and private funds. In the Canadian federal government, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat requires that rigorous evaluations be produced, based on precise, objective and verifiable evidence. To meet these criteria, Science-Metrix evaluations use a triangulation approach. This method consists of drawing on different sources of complementary data (such as literature and documentation reviews, interviews/surveys, cases studies, databases) to verify and consolidate the information available.

Science-Metrix also has the expertise to draw on evaluation data and results in order to formulate science, technology and innovation strategies and policies (policy/strategy).

Many organizations have entrusted Science-Metrix to undertake program evaluation and performance measurement projects to provide recommendations dealing with various aspects of research, science and technology. These science-based organizations (clients) place their trust in Science-Metrix on a regular basis, which attests to the high quality and relevance of our work.