AaEA Journal Club
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
12:00 - 12:20 pm
Location: Zoom
This month the Atlanta-area Evaluation Association journal club will discuss a “How to Manage Pressure to Change Reports: Should Evaluators Be Above Criticism?” by Burt Perrin. The abstract for the article follows:
When is it appropriate, and consistent with ethical standards, for evaluators to modify reports in response to “requests” from clients to do so? Some evaluators may view any pressure to make any changes in their reports as an attack on their independence. While, clearly, it is not acceptable for evaluators to be asked to distort or misrepresent findings and conclusions, evaluators, no less than anyone else, should be open to feedback and not be above criticism. This article discusses under what circumstances and in what forms it may be appropriate, or not, for evaluators to be given feedback and requested to consider appropriate modifications to their reports. It then identifies steps that evaluators can take to minimize inappropriate “suggestions” for change, and what they can do in the event that this does happen. It also considers implications, and strategies, for internal as well as for external evaluators.
Link to the article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098214018792622
Citation: Perrin, B. (2018). How to Manage Pressure to Change Reports: Should Evaluators Be Above Criticism? American Journal of Evaluation, 40(3), 354–375. doi: 10.1177/1098214018792622
The journal club meets the third Wednesday of every month to discuss new and innovative evaluation topics.
AaEA’s monthly journal club features an evaluation article from evaluation journals and the gray literature. The purpose of these meetings is to offer an easy way for people to get a brief review of new topics, tools, and issues in the evaluation community. You are not required to read the article, but, try to if you can. So hop on the phone and sip your favorite beverage while listening to a summary of the article and joining in the discussion.
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