Audit a final portfolio
Check a finished project for completeness, proper consent, and honest data before it is submitted.
- Checking work against a required-items list: An audit compares what is present to what is required, so you first need the habit of working from a checklist.
- Matching a claim to the data behind it: To judge data integrity you must be able to trace a stated result back to the raw numbers that support it.
Prerequisites are inferred: pending teacher review.
Re-learn the skill with worked practice and clear examples.
A portfolio audit checks three things: completeness (all required parts present), consent (informed consent on any human-participant work), and data integrity (results that honestly match the raw records).
Using the audit checklist shown, what is the correct decision for this portfolio?
Reviewed| Required item | Result |
|---|---|
| All sections present | Pass |
| Methods documented | Pass |
| Informed consent on file (human participants) | Fail |
| Results match raw data | Pass |
- A.Pass: three of four items passed
- B.Fail: a required item (informed consent) is missing
- C.Pass: consent is optional
- D.Cannot tell from the checklist
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Answer: B. Fail: a required item (informed consent) is missing
- Step 1: Read every row: Three rows are Pass, but the informed-consent row is Fail.
- Step 2: Apply the rule: A portfolio passes only when no required item is a Fail. One Fail on a required item means the whole portfolio fails the audit.
Why it's right: Informed consent is required for human-participant work and is marked Fail, so the portfolio fails the audit no matter how many other rows pass.
- A: An audit is not graded on a majority; any required Fail blocks a pass.
- C: Informed consent is required for human-participant work, not optional.
- D: The checklist clearly shows one required item failed, so a decision can be made.
Aligned to BI portfolio: consent & completeness audit · reading level ~grade 9
- A teacher returns a finished project ungraded because the survey of classmates has no consent form attached.
Fill these in as you work through the lesson.
- Audit (checking finished work against requirements):
- Informed consent (permission given after the risks are explained):
- Data integrity (data that is honest and unchanged):
- Documentation (the records that back up each claim):
A portfolio passes an audit only when it is (nothing required is missing), has proper for any participants, and shows : results that match the raw records.
- What three things does an audit check for in a finished portfolio?
- Why must work with human participants include a signed consent form?
- How would you spot a result that the raw data does not actually support?
You receive a finished project portfolio. List the three audit checks you would run, and for each, name one document or record you would look for to pass that check.