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Efficiency refers to how a goal is accomplished in regard to the resources consumed (time, etc). Effectiveness refers to how well the goal is accomplished.
Consider learning vocabulary: Rote memorization (learning words as a logical list) can be very efficient (you can learn them very quickly), but it is rarely effective without added usage (you learn them, then forget them a few hours / days later).
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:30 am Efficiency vs Effectiveness |
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| OxfordBlues wrote: |
Efficiency refers to how a goal is accomplished in regard to the resources consumed (time, etc). Effectiveness refers to how well the goal is accomplished.
Consider learning vocabulary: Rote memorization (learning words as a logical list) can be very efficient (you can learn them very quickly), but it is rarely effective without added usage (you learn them, then forget them a few hours / days later). |
Thanks for your reply
But what is better for the following sentence
The effectivness of the study.
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Efficiency of the study.
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jan 01, 2010 17:43 pm Efficiency vs Effectiveness |
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It depends on what the idea you are trying to express is.
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Jan 01, 2010 18:09 pm Efficiency vs Effectiveness |
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Thank you very much OxfordBlues for your help .
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Jan 01, 2010 23:03 pm Efficiency vs Effectiveness |
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| In the case of the effectiveness/efficiency of a programme, I'd say "effectiveness" is usually what is intended, because focus will be on the results of the programme, not on its costs. Furthermore, when you are researching the efficiency of something, you generally need some other efficiency to compare it to, such as the efficiency of a similar programme. In addition, you probably need to quantify its results in order to come up with some kind of measure of efficiency. Since it is unlikely that this kind of study will be doing all of that, I figured that effectiveness was most probably what you meant. |
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Jan 01, 2010 23:09 pm Efficiency vs Effectiveness |
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An added point of interest here is that effectiveness of something can be determined without regard to its efficiency, while efficiency can only be determined if that thing being considered as efficient or not is known to be effective.
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| Idioms: Come to think of it/ I can't for the life of me remember. | Anything and Everything in positive sentences. |
