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Audits & Social Experiments: A Report Prepared for the U.S. General Accounting Office

PAD-79-1 Published: Oct 01, 1978. Publicly Released: Oct 01, 1978.
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Under contract with GAO, the Social Science Research Council conducted a study on methods and techniques for auditing social experiments. Its report focused on the use of reinterviews and other alternatives for monitoring research quality, the general problem of quality assurance, and the roles which GAO might take in meeting its oversight responsibility.

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AuditsCost analysisEvaluation methodsOversight committeesProgram evaluationQuality controlResearch and developmentResearch programsSocial sciences researchSurveys