| Roundtable: Improving the Quality of Evaluations That Include Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People (LGBT): Tools for the Evaluator? |
| Roundtable Presentation 628 to be held in MISSION A on Friday, Nov 12, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM |
| Sponsored by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Issues TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Kathleen McKay, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, kmckay@ccmckids.org |
| Joe E Heimlich, Ohio State University, heimlich.1@osu.edu |
| John T Daws, University of Arizona, johndaws@email.arizona.edu |
| Abstract: This roundtable will address the conference theme of quality from the perspective of inclusion and representativeness by asking: How can we help ensure that the perspectives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are included in evaluation design, conduct and analysis? For instance, poor survey design, each evaluator's necessarily narrow perspective, and "institutional homophobia" can result in findings that omit the perspectives of LGBT evaluands. The goal of this session will be to assess whether we should and how we might go about developing tools or checklists that will help the mainstream evaluator better consider these issues in the conduct of their evaluations. |