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- Title
Cognizance and Consultation of Randomized Controlled Trials among Ministerial Policy Analysts.
- Authors
Bédard, Pierre-Olivier; Ouimet, Mathieu
- Abstract
Consultation of scientific evidence by policy actors has been the foci of attention of knowledge utilization scholars for decades. The present study questioned the extent to which randomized controlled trials ( RCTs)-generally seen as the gold standard of scientific research-are known and consulted by policy analysts in ministerial settings. Using cross-sectional data collected in 17 ministries in Québec ( Canada), our study showed that fairly high levels of policy analysts report never having heard of RCTs, thus possibly hindering effective communication of scientific results to relevant policy makers. Statistical analyses reveal the importance of cognitive factors in explaining both phenomena.
- Subjects
POLICY analysis; POLICY scientists; POLICY sciences; NONLINEAR regression; CROSS-sectional method; DECISION making
- Publication
Review of Policy Research, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 5, p625
- ISSN
1541-132X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1541-1338.2012.00581.x