PLUS-PONT

plus-points are very important in evaluation as they show where logic exists and where things are going right or likely to. The following is a list of plus-points which are used in evaluation. Related facts known (all relevant facts known). Events in correct sequence (events in actual sequence). Time noted (time is properly noted). Data proven factual (data must be factual, which is to say, true and valid). Correct relative importance (the important and unimportant are correctly sorted out). Expected time period (events occurring or done in the time one would reasonably expect them to be). Adequate data (no sectors of omitted data that would influence the situation). Applicable data (the data presented or available applies to the matter in hand and not something else). Correct source (not wrong source). Correct target (not going in some direction that would be wrong for the situation). Data in same classification (data from two or more different classes of material not introduced as the same class). Identities are identical (not similar or different). Similarities are similar (not identical or different). Differences are different (not made to be identical or similar). In doing evaluations to find why things got better so they can be repeated, it is vital to use the actual plus-points by name as above. They can then be counted and handled as in the case of out-points. Plus-points are, after all, what makes things go right. (HCO PL 3 Oct 74)