when doing an
evaluation, one can become far too
fixated on outpoints and
miss the real
reason one is doing an
evaluation in the first
place. To
handle this, it is proper
form to write up an
evaluation so as to keep in view the
reason one is doing one. This is accomplished by using this
form:
SITUATION: _________
DATA: _________
STATS: _________
WHY: _________
IDEAL SCENE: _________
HANDLING: _________
The whole of it should concern itself with the same
general scene, the same
subject matter. This is known as consistency. One does not have a
situation about books,
data about bicycles,
stats of another person, a why about another
area, a
different subject for
ideal scene and
handling for another activity. The
situation, whether good or bad, must be about a certain
subject, person or
area, the
data must be about the same, the
stats are of that same thing, the why relates to that same thing, the
ideal scene is about the
scene of that same thing and the
handling handles that thing and especially is regulated by that why. A proper
evaluation is all of a piece.
(HCO PL 17 Feb 72)