Communicating Social Science Research to Policy Makers
Vaughan, Roger J. / Buss, Terry F. This practical guide for doing policy analysis is written for academics who want to get their research to the attention of decision-makers in the public sector, or who want to train their students in the skills necessary to undertake policy-relevant research. Readers will learn: how to prepare an unbiased description of a problem to be studied,
the various diagnostic techniques,
the rules for designing policy prescriptions,
how to use forma...