When using official records gathered over a period of years, evaluators must be wary of
A) the inter-rater reliability of records.
B) program participants who refuse to cooperate with the evaluation.
C) threat to insecure program managers.
D) changes in the definitions of the variables.

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Changes in the definitions of variables can greatly affect the accuracy of the evaluation. Evaluators must ensure that the definitions remain consistent over the period of record gathering in order to have reliable data. The other options may also be important, but they are not directly related to the accuracy of the records themselves.

When Using Official Records Gathered Over a Period of Years