Evaluata

Evaluata is a term used in various academic contexts to refer to items that have undergone evaluation. It is formed from the Latin participle evaluatus, meaning "having been evaluated," and in English is used as a plural noun to denote the results, outputs, or artifacts produced by an evaluative process. The word is not tied to a single discipline, but rather functions as a generic label for evaluated entities in different fields.

In philosophy, evaluata may denote propositions, data, or observations that have undergone critical assessment for truth, relevance, or validity. In this sense, evaluata are distinguished from the evaluatio or evaluators themselves, emphasizing the outcome of inquiry rather than the process. The term is more common in theoretical discussions or in papers that discuss the structure of justification and assessment.

In data science and related disciplines, evaluata can refer to validated results, datasets, or metrics that have passed quality checks. For example, the evaluata of a model might include its accuracy, precision, and recall on a benchmark, while the corresponding evaluation process generates these metrics. Here evaluata are used to describe what has been learned or concluded after testing.

Because evaluata is a relatively uncommon term, its use may require definition in formal writing to avoid confusion with more familiar terms such as "evaluations" or "evaluation results." Some sources distinguish evaluata from evaluanda, the latter referring to items to be evaluated rather than those already evaluated.

See also: evaluation, evaluative, evaluandum.