Expert report

An expert report is a study written by one or more authorities that states findings and offers opinions.

In law, expert reports are generated by expert witnesses offering their opinions on points of controversy in a legal case and are typically sponsored by one side or the other in a litigation in order to support that party's claims. The reports state facts, discuss details, explain reasoning, and justify the experts' conclusions and opinions.[1]

In medicine, an expert report is a critical assessment of a medical topic, for example, an independent assessment of the cost–benefit ratio of a particular medical treatment.[2]

As part of survey pretesting, an expert report (using the expert review method) identifies potential problems that could affect data quality and data collection by evaluating survey questionnaires and survey translations.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Hirt TC (1999). "Expert reports". In Koeltl JG; Kiernan JS; ABA Section of Litigation (eds.). The Litigation Manual (3rd ed.). American Bar Assn. pp. 477–87. ISBN 1-57073-639-1.
  2. ^ Marks P (2007). "Clinical research education and training for pharmaceutical staff". In Edwards LD, Fletcher AJ (eds.). Principles and Practice of Pharmaceutical Medicine (2nd ed.). Wiley. pp. 25–40. ISBN 978-0-470-09313-9.
  3. ^ Yan, T.; Kreuter, F.; Tourangeau, R (December 2012). "Evaluating Survey Questions: A Comparison of Methods". Journal of Official Statistics. 28 (4): 503–529.
  4. ^ Sha, Mandy (March 2012). "Translation Review and Cognitive Testing of ACS Language Assistance Guides in Multiple Languages". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  5. ^ Pan, Yuling; Sha, Mandy (2019-07-09). The Sociolinguistics of Survey Translation. London: Routledge. pp. 118–124. doi:10.4324/9780429294914. ISBN 978-0-429-29491-4. S2CID 198632812.