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Evidence-based policy : a practical guide to doing it better / Nancy Cartwright and Jeremy Hardie.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.Description: ix, 196 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199841622 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.6 23
LOC classification:
  • H97 .C375 2012
Contents:
Acknowledgments; Preface: Do You Want to Read this Book? Putting our Conclusions First; Part I: Getting Started: From `It Worked There' to `It Will Work Here'.; Chapter I.A: What's in This Book and Why; Chapter I.B: The Theory that Backs up What We Say; Part II: Paving the Road from 'There' to 'Here'; Chapter II.A: Support Factors: Causal Cakes and their Ingredients; Chapter II.B: Causal Roles: Shared and Unshared; Part III: Strategies for Finding What You Need to Know; Chapter III.A: Where We are and Where We are Going; Chapter III.B: Four Strategies; Part IV: RCTs, Evidence-Ranking Schemes, and Fidelity; Chapter IV.A: Where We are and Where We are Going; Chapter IV.B: What are RCTs Good For?; Chapter IV.C: Evidence-Ranking Schemes, Advice Guides, and Choosing Effective Policies; Chapter IV.D: Fidelity; Part V: Deliberation is not Second Best; Chapter V.A: Where We are and Where We are Going; Chapter V.B: Centralization and Discretion; Part VI: Conclusion; Appendix I: Representing Causal Processes; Appendix II: The Munro Review; Appendix III: CCTV and Car Theft; Notes; References; Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments;
Preface: Do You Want to Read this Book? Putting our Conclusions First;
Part I: Getting Started: From `It Worked There' to `It Will Work Here'.;
Chapter I.A: What's in This Book and Why;
Chapter I.B: The Theory that Backs up What We Say;
Part II: Paving the Road from 'There' to 'Here';
Chapter II.A: Support Factors: Causal Cakes and their Ingredients;
Chapter II.B: Causal Roles: Shared and Unshared;
Part III: Strategies for Finding What You Need to Know;
Chapter III.A: Where We are and Where We are Going;
Chapter III.B: Four Strategies;
Part IV: RCTs, Evidence-Ranking Schemes, and Fidelity;
Chapter IV.A: Where We are and Where We are Going;
Chapter IV.B: What are RCTs Good For?;
Chapter IV.C: Evidence-Ranking Schemes, Advice Guides, and Choosing Effective Policies;
Chapter IV.D: Fidelity;
Part V: Deliberation is not Second Best;
Chapter V.A: Where We are and Where We are Going;
Chapter V.B: Centralization and Discretion;
Part VI: Conclusion;
Appendix I: Representing Causal Processes;
Appendix II: The Munro Review;
Appendix III: CCTV and Car Theft;
Notes;
References;
Index.