formal evaluation

collocation in English

meaningsofformalandevaluation

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formal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.məl/
us
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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evaluation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪˌvæl.juˈeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ɪˌvæl.juˈeɪ.ʃən/
the process of judging or calculating the quality, importance, amount, or value ...
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(Definition offormalandevaluationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofformal evaluation

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The authors report benefits from the clinical nurse specialist post, but noformalevaluationis given.
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A moreformalevaluationof this campaign will be conducted in 2004 using serosurveillance data.
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For the algorithm determining the placement of phrase boundaries noformalevaluationhas taken place yet.
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It still awaitsformalevaluationalthough some reports are already available.
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Tapes of sessions were reviewed, although there was noformalevaluationof integrity.
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Formalevaluationprocesses are in place to determine the effectiveness of these approaches.
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Formalevaluationof procedures and equipment, including pharmaceutical agents, has become the norm in most health services.
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The plan'sformalevaluationof their degree of implementation and specific impact on guideline compliance is currently being designed.
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The other approach performs a moreformalevaluation, usually involving statistical tests via cross-validation or more advanced test schemas.
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Thirdly, it permits aformalevaluationof the level and origin of bias in family history reports.
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Aformalevaluationis in hand.
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The demonstration in aformalevaluationstudy that a new technique is not an improvement provides the best safeguard against the introduction of that technique.
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This permits time forformalevaluationof the child and, if necessary, exclusion on the basis of significant coexisting morbidity of non-cardiac origin.
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Stents are now covered within the previously established fee for coronary interventions and hence are now covered without aformalevaluation(26).
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In addition, new methods of diagnosis and new strategies for management are regularly being proposed with littleformalevaluationof their effectiveness in the clinical setting.
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Aformalevaluationof outcomes was seldom conducted, and in some cases nurses could not easily articulate what they thought had been achieved with particular clients.
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There will be aformalevaluationin autumn 1999 which will indicate the cost-benefit figures.
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We have also decided to extend theformalevaluationprogramme from two years to three.
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Aformalevaluationof the peer review process has been commissioned.
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In addition to consultation process, we are undertaking aformalevaluationof the test.
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It is unrealistic to think that aformalevaluationcould be undertaken in a reorganisation of this magnitude.
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It has various concerns about the introduction of independent prescribing by pharmacists and believes that there should be aformalevaluationof pharmacist supplementary prescribing before any further extension.
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Although noformalevaluationhas ever been conducted, posters and short oral presentations appear to be effective when the aim is to disseminate recent results to experienced academic researchers.
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Noformalevaluationof the effects of smoking on environmental pollution has been undertaken, but preliminary estimates suggest that overall it has very little impact.
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Alcoholic patients should receive vitamin supplementation and aformalevaluationof their nutritional status.
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