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Revised Site‐Visit Standards: A Quality‐Assurance Framework
Author(s) -
Patton Michael Quinn
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.20267
Subject(s) - quality assurance , excellence , quality (philosophy) , computer science , control (management) , engineering management , process management , business , political science , operations management , engineering , artificial intelligence , external quality assessment , law , philosophy , epistemology
Based on the chapters in this volume and feedback from others, this chapter presents a revised framework for site‐visit standards. The framework, for the first time, uses a quality‐assurance approach to distinguish minimum quality‐control standards for site visits in addition to quality‐enhancement principles aimed at ensuring excellence. The chapter concludes with a call to make evaluation fieldwork standards‐based.