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*Date: [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : producing a decided, decisive, or desired [[effect]] <an effective [[policy]]>
:b : impressive, striking <a gold lamé fabric studded with effective…precious stones — Stanley Marcus>
*2 : ready for [[service]] or [[action]] <effective manpower>
*3 : [[actual]] <the need to increase effective demand for goods>
*4 : being in effect : operative <the tax becomes effective next year>
*5 of a rate of interest : equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the interest is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period
==Description==
Effectiveness means the capability of producing an effect.
The word '''effective''' is sometimes used in a [[quantitative]] way, "being very or not much effective". However it does not inform on the direction (positive or negative) and the comparison to a [[standard]] of the given effect. Efficacy, on the other hand, is the ability to produce a [[desired]] amount of the desired [[effect]], or success in achieving a given goal. [[Contrast|Contrary]] to efficiency, the [[focus]] of efficacy is the [[achievement]] as such, not the [[resources]] spent in achieving the desired effect. Therefore, what is effective is not necessarily efficacious, and what is efficacious is not necessarily efficient.
An ordinary way to distinguish among effectiveness, efficacy, and efficiency:
* efficiency: [[doing]] [[things]] in the most economical way (good input to output [[ratio]])
* efficacy: getting things done, i.e. meeting targets
* effectiveness: doing "right" things, i.e. setting right targets to achieve an overall goal (the effect)
* (effectivity: mostly synonym to effectiveness; usage is rather rare)
[[Category: General Reference]]
*Date: [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : producing a decided, decisive, or desired [[effect]] <an effective [[policy]]>
:b : impressive, striking <a gold lamé fabric studded with effective…precious stones — Stanley Marcus>
*2 : ready for [[service]] or [[action]] <effective manpower>
*3 : [[actual]] <the need to increase effective demand for goods>
*4 : being in effect : operative <the tax becomes effective next year>
*5 of a rate of interest : equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the interest is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period
==Description==
Effectiveness means the capability of producing an effect.
The word '''effective''' is sometimes used in a [[quantitative]] way, "being very or not much effective". However it does not inform on the direction (positive or negative) and the comparison to a [[standard]] of the given effect. Efficacy, on the other hand, is the ability to produce a [[desired]] amount of the desired [[effect]], or success in achieving a given goal. [[Contrast|Contrary]] to efficiency, the [[focus]] of efficacy is the [[achievement]] as such, not the [[resources]] spent in achieving the desired effect. Therefore, what is effective is not necessarily efficacious, and what is efficacious is not necessarily efficient.
An ordinary way to distinguish among effectiveness, efficacy, and efficiency:
* efficiency: [[doing]] [[things]] in the most economical way (good input to output [[ratio]])
* efficacy: getting things done, i.e. meeting targets
* effectiveness: doing "right" things, i.e. setting right targets to achieve an overall goal (the effect)
* (effectivity: mostly synonym to effectiveness; usage is rather rare)
[[Category: General Reference]]