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The evaluation process attracts new participants, helps in sustainability, and puts the onus on making a difference to the participants. Guerrilla research can be shallow too - quick tests can give meaningless . They are a natural part of any iterative user-centered design process. evaluation and impact research Reinhard Hujer, Marco Caliendo, Dubravko Radic In: Descy, P.; Tessaring, M. (eds) The foundations of evaluation and impact research Third report on vocational training research in Europe: background report. In an ideal research world, evaluations are carried out perfectly and the results are useful and valuable. 0000011574 00000 n Abstract. 1. 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