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EFFICIENCY
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EFFICIENCY
(l) Program A is said to be more efficient than
program B if, for a given cost, a chosen aggregated measure of
its positive results (such as EFFECTIVENESS or BENEFIT) is
greater than that for program B. (IIASA) (2) A ratio scale
measurement of a measure of performance to resources expended to
obtain the level of performance. (Turoff)