AUDITORS - Discovering evidence

Throughout the audit the auditors are alert to the discovery of evidence that was not cited in the Inquiry Brief but has a direct bearing (positive or negative) on the verification of the evidence and the precision of the language in the Brief. The auditors are charged with assuring the Accreditation Panel that there is evidence behind the claims made in the Brief.

There are two kinds of errors the auditors need to avoid: (1) false positive errors: concluding the evidence is present and accurate when it is not, and (2) false negative errors: concluding there is no evidence for a claim when in fact there is. That the program faculty overlooked evidence that might strengthen, or weaken their case, is a reportable fact that may have a bearing on qualifications of the faculty (4.2.2).


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