Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Improving Audit Reports

I have been thinking for quite a while on how to take advantage of Web 2.0 and develop a new audit report format that is more transparent and helpful. I've considered developing a wiki format where the results are posted with links to related information and allow others to add and potentially improve on the information. I've also considered posting any data that we analyzed and allowing others to build on the data set, replicate it or assess our methodology. I was interested to see a post on Freakonomics where Ian Ayres writes about the results of a study of the LAPD and racially disparate outcomes. The LAPD and the police chief disagree with the analysis. Mr. Ayres has posted his data on his Yale University website. (Scroll down to Other Writing)

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