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Social science in government : the role of policy researchers / Richard P. Nathan.
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Nathan, Richard P.
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English
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Updated ed.
Published/Created
Albany, N.Y. : Rockefeller Institute Press, 2000.
Description
xiii, 213 pages ; 23 cm
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H62.5.U5 N34 2000
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Social sciences
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Research
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United States
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Policy sciences
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Research
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United States
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United States
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Politics and government
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1945-1989
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Michael J. Malbin
Applying Social Science to Government
The Role of Applied Social Science
Optimism and Disillusionment
Applying Macroeconomics
The Planning-Programming-Budgeting System
Demonstration and Evaluation Research
Doubts Arise
Demise of the PPB System
Assessing Demonstration and Evaluation Research
Demonstration Research
The Nature of Demonstration Research
The Vocabulary of Demonstration Research
The Negative Income Tax Demonstrations
Other Income Maintenance Demonstrations
Demonstrations of Service-Type Programs
Hurdles of Demonstration Research
Selection Bias
The Null Hypothesis
Contamination
Relations with Program Operators
Quality and Consistency of Treatment
Cost and Quality of Data
Treatment of Human Subjects
The Uncertainty of Cost-Benefit Analysis
Welfare Demonstration Studies
Supported Work
Results Focus on Welfare
Implications for Welfare Reform
MDRC's Work/Welfare Demonstrations
Evaluation Research
The Nature of Evaluation Research
The Federalism Barrier Reef
Scientific Implications
Evaluating the California GAIN Program
The GAIN Process
The MDRC Evaluation
The Research Challenge
Discoveries in the Implementation Process
The 1988 and 1996 National Welfare Reform Laws
The Family Support Act of 1988
The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996
Evaluating the Family Support Act of 1988 / Irene Lurie
Three Strategies
Little Fanfare or Rhetoric.
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ISBN
0914341650 ((cloth))
9780914341659 ((cloth))
0914341669 ((pbk.))
9780914341666 ((pbk.))
LCCN
99087567
OCLC
43118276
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