Journal articles: 'Applied policy research'

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Van Der Pligt, Joop. "Applied decision research and environmental policy." Acta Psychologica 68, no. 1-3 (September 1988): 293–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0001-6918(88)90062-5.

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Woods, Michael, and Graham Gardner. "Applied policy research and critical human geography." Dialogues in Human Geography 1, no. 2 (July 2011): 198–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2043820611404488.

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Ward, Kevin. "Applied policy research and critical human geography." Dialogues in Human Geography 1, no. 2 (July 2011): 238–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2043820611404496.

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Balducchi, David E., and Stephen A. Wandner. "Managing applied research in federal employment policy." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 28, no. 1 (September 2009): 166–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pam.20409.

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Marten, Heiko F. "Language policy (research and practice in applied linguistics)." Current Issues in Language Planning 16, no. 1-2 (January 19, 2015): 163–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2014.992190.

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Richmond, Anthony H. "Immigration policy and research in Canada: Pure or applied?" Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 26, no. 1 (January 1, 2000): 109–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/136918300115679.

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Huang, Cui, Jun Su, Xiang Xie, and Jiang Li. "Basic research is overshadowed by applied research in China: a policy perspective." Scientometrics 99, no. 3 (December 5, 2013): 689–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1199-x.

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Dagenais, Diane. "Multilingualism in Canada: Policy and Education in Applied Linguistics Research." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 33 (March 2013): 286–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0267190513000056.

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Increasing multilingualism in Canada has captured the interest of applied linguists who investigate what it implies for policy and educational practice. This article provides a review of recent discussions of Canadian policy in the literature, current research on multilingual learners, and emerging innovations in multilingual pedagogies. The literature on policy indicates that some researchers treat policy as text and identify disjunctions between policy documents and the reality of a linguistically and culturally diverse population, while others view it as discursive practice and document how policy is constructed locally through language in response to a changing environment. The research on multilingual learners is based primarily on field-based reports that reveal how multilingual language practices are complex, dynamic, and ideological, and are tied to identity construction. The growing number of innovations in multilingual pedagogies suggests that more educators are beginning to see identity work and multimodal literacies as central to teaching students of diverse origins. This article concludes that there is a gap between official language policy and research on multilingualism in Canada.

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Powell, Thomas J. "Self-Help Research and Policy Issues." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 29, no. 2 (June 1993): 151–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021886393292002.

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McCall, Robert B., and Chrstina J. Groark. "The Future of Applied Child Development Research and Public Policy." Child Development 71, no. 1 (January 2000): 197–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00134.

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Nesvetailov’s, G. A. "Assessment of applied research and development: Diversification for science policy." Knowledge and Policy 6, no. 1 (March 1993): 38–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02692800.

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Buccola, Steven T. "Social Welfare and Interpersonal Utility Comparisons in Applied Policy Research." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 70, no. 2 (May 1988): 454–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1242094.

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Farmer, Thomas W., Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp, David L. Lee, Molly Dawes, and Elizabeth Talbott. "Research and Policy on Disability." Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 3, no. 1 (January 11, 2016): 138–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2372732215624217.

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Bridging special education (SE) and developmental science recognizes their shared focus on individual adaptation, growth, and outcomes. Adaptation continuously aligns the proclivities of students and the opportunities of their contexts. Considerations for the adaptation of students with disabilities include developmental malleability, problem behavior, intervention supports, and SE services. Policy implications center on the need to focus on the individual in context in both research and intervention, merge data from the implementation of intensive interventions and person-oriented analysis to establish comprehensive frameworks that include a focus on neurophysiological processes, and train the next generation of SE leaders in intensive interventions and applied developmental science.

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Johnson, D. C. "The Relationship between Applied Linguistic Research and Language Policy for Bilingual Education." Applied Linguistics 31, no. 1 (April 9, 2009): 72–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/applin/amp011.

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Ribaudo, Marc, and James Shortle. "Reflections on 40 Years of Applied Economics Research on Agriculture and Water Quality." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 48, no. 3 (December 2019): 519–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/age.2019.32.

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Reducing agricultural nonpoint pollution has been an environmental policy issue since the early 1980s. We discuss the evolution and results of federal and state policy, the contributions of applied economic research to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of water pollution control policies for agriculture, elements of policy reforms that are consistent with the Clean Water Act, and the outlook for needed policy innovation.

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Lidstone, John, and Joseph Stoltman. "Applied research in geography and environmental education: rethinking the “applied”." International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 18, no. 3 (July 31, 2009): 153–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10382040903123498.

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López Pontigo, Lydia, and Rosa N. Villegas-Delgadillo. "Bioethics applied in a public health research." Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA 2, no. 3 (July 5, 2020): 11–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.29057/mbr.v2i3.5881.

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This article highlights the importance of bioethics when a research in the field of public health is being carried out. Research in health care allows us to obtain advances such as: preventing diseases, diagnose them and treat them. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) states that Bioethics is the discipline that looks to explain ethical problems that emerge in relation to health by doing research on human beings, designing and implementing a health policy, and providing medical attention. Bioethics is not a code of precepts but an activity of analysis based on ethical principles and criteria that guide the medical praxis in several health care areas. In 2004, the UNESCO launched a program of ethical teaching which varies depending on the region and country, and demands special attention regarding moral issues that are relevant in such specific regions. Based on those recommendations and reports, the UNESCO launched that same year, the Program of Bioethics Teaching.

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Drennan, Lex. "FEMA’s fall and redemption—applied narrative analysis." Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 27, no. 4 (August 6, 2018): 393–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dpm-07-2017-0163.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to recover the narratives constructed by the disaster management policy network in Washington, DC, about the management of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Recovering and analysing these narratives provides an opportunity to understand the stories constructed about these events and consider the implications of this framing for post-event learning and adaptation of government policy. Design/methodology/approach This research was conducted through an extended ethnographic study in Washington, DC, that incorporated field observation, qualitative interviews and desktop research. Findings The meta-narratives recovered through this research point to a collective tendency to fit the experiences of Hurricane Katrina and Sandy into a neatly constructed redemption arc. This narrative framing poses significant risk to policy learning and highlights the importance of exploring counter-narratives as part of the policy analysis process. Research limitations/implications The narratives in this paper reflect the stories and beliefs of the participants interviewed. As such, it is inherently subjective and should not be generalised. Nonetheless, it is illustrative of how narrative framing can obscure important learnings from disasters. Originality/value The paper represents a valuable addition to the field of disaster management policy analysis. It extends the tools of narrative analysis and administrative ethnography into the disaster management policy domain and demonstrates how these techniques can be used to analyse complex historical events.

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Hamm, Mark S. "Drug Policy and Applied Research: A Study of Users, Abusers and Politicians." Journal of Crime and Justice 11, no. 2 (January 1, 1988): 103–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0735648x.1988.9721374.

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Maclennan, Duncan, and Kenneth Gibb. "Housing indicators and research for policy from the perspective of applied economics." Netherlands Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 8, no. 1 (March 1993): 49–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02503147.

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Conrad, Klaus. "Applied general equilibrium modeling for environmental policy analysis." Annals of Operations Research 54, no. 1 (December 1994): 129–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02031731.

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Bouma, J. "Realizing Basic Research in Applied Environmental Research Projects." Journal of Environmental Quality 27, no. 4 (July 1998): 742–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq1998.00472425002700040003x.

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Miller, Jason. "Undergraduate Student Led Research: An Applied Anthropology Course as a Community-Based Research Firm." Teaching Anthropology 10, no. 3 (January 15, 2021): 14–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.22582/ta.v11i3.581.

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Increasingly, undergraduate students desire hands-on learning experiences to prepare them for life after graduation. Research experience at the undergraduate level unlocks a key skill set students need and desire in terms of its anthropological value and also the value of transferable, critical thinking skills. This article explores the creation and continued development of my Applied Anthropology course which relies heavily on community-engaged research and community-engaged pedagogy. The course is structured as if participants are an independent, community-based research “firm” that has been contracted by a local community agency to undertake research on their behalf. Students manage every aspect of the project including developing data collection tools, seeking Institutional Review Board ethics approval, collecting and analyzing data, and ultimately preparing a technical report, policy recommendations, and presentation for the client. In addition, I will discuss the benefits to both students and community partners (including practical research experience and, in some cases, already implemented policy suggestions) as well as some of the challenges to this approach including time, capacity, and commitment. I conclude by reflecting on my role as mentor during this process and provide suggestions for those who would like to create a similar research experience for their own students.

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Thacker, Stephen B. "Guide for Applied Public Health Workforce Research." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 15, Supplement (November 2009): S109—S112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/phh.0b013e3181b1eb85.

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Thomas, Kali. "Partnerships to Connect Aging Research to Policy." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 684. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2386.

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Abstract The fifth speaker is Dr. Kali Thomas. Dr. Thomas will discuss her experience working in partnership with government and non-profit organizational stakeholders to conduct aging research that informs policy and practice. Dr. Thomas is an Associate Professor at the Brown School of Public Health and research health science specialist at the Providence VA Medical Center, where her research focuses on identifying ways to improve the quality of life of older adults needing long-term services and supports (LTSS) through applied health services research.

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Frendi, Frendi. "EFFECT OF DEBT POLICY, DIVIDEND POLICY AND OWNERSHIP OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE." Business and Entrepreneurial Review 9, no. 2 (March 30, 2016): 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.25105/ber.v9i2.34.

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The background of this research is prior empirical researches about firm performance analysis have no consistent result. This research is based on the research in Kuala Lumpur by Ahmed (2008). The objectives of this research are to analyze the impact of debt policy, dividend policy, and corporate ownership which consist of management ownership and institutional ownership on firm performance. The design of this research applies the impact of independent variable on dependent variable. The independent variable in this study are debt policy, dividend policy, managerial ownership, and institutional ownership. The dependent variable is firm performance. This study based on a sample of 13 firms that listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange LQ-45 during 2005 – 2008. This research uses ratio scale. Data analysis applied measuring method on multiple regression model and uses SPSS for windows to examine the impact of independent variables on dependent variable. The result of result indicated that dividend policy has significant impact on firm performance, whereas debt policy and corporate ownership have no significant impact on firm performance

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Ayyad, Midhat. "Applied Research: Decline of the US Dollar and an Alternative to Current Policy." Open Journal of Political Science 05, no. 03 (2015): 219–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojps.2015.53023.

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Fuentes, Ramón, and Constanza Farfán. "Development of a University Research Management Policy Applied to the Faculty of Dentistry." International journal of interdisciplinary dentistry 14, no. 2 (August 2021): 144–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s2452-55882021000200144.

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Cristofaro, Tonia N., and Eileen T. Rodriguez. "Commentary on the Social Policy Panel: Imprecise Boundaries Between Basic and Applied Research." NHSA Dialog 5, no. 2-3 (March 2002): 407–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15240754.2002.9680288.

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Spalter-Roth, Roberta. "Sociologists in Research, Applied, and Policy Settings: Bringing Professionals in from the Cold." Journal of Applied Social Science 1, no. 2 (September 2007): 4–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/193672440700100202.

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Historically, U.S. sociologists employed outside the professoriate had lower status and were less likely to be considered professionals than those inside. Academic restructuring may result in a closing of the status gap. This article, based on the responses of 600 PhD sociologists employed in applied, research, and policy positions, focuses on whether historically agreed upon professional characteristics, such as use of specialized knowledge, autonomy, ethical norms, and basic research, are related to overall job satisfaction and satisfaction with economic security. We expected that professional characteristics were significantly related to overall satisfaction, but not to satisfaction with economic security. Our expectations were generally met. Respondents used sociological theories, methods, and concepts to analyze social issues, design interventions, and evaluate solutions. Professional job characteristics result in higher job satisfaction, when other factors are held constant. In contrast, professional characteristics do not significantly increase satisfaction with economic security; rather sector; occupation, and age cohort appear to do so.

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CICCHETTI, DANTE, and SHEREE L. TOTH. "Social policy implications of research in developmental psychopathology." Development and Psychopathology 12, no. 4 (December 2000): 551–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579400004016.

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In concluding his review of the historical underpinnings of the field of developmental psychopathology, Cicchetti (1990) asserted the following: . . . this discipline should contribute greatly to reducing the dualisms that exist between the clinical study of and theoretical research into childhood and adult disorders, between the behavioral and biological sciences, between developmental psychology and psychopathology, and between basic and applied research. (p. 20)

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Weng, Yi-Chun. "Research of collusion, competition and the optimal control policy." Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics 14, no. 5-6 (October 2011): 627–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09720502.2011.10700779.

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Li, Jing Mei, Bao Quan Zhang, and Yan Xia Wu. "Research of Role's Creation-Based Access Control Policy." Advanced Materials Research 791-793 (September 2013): 1790–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.791-793.1790.

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Role-based access control policy has been widely applied to various access control system design. In order to improve the flexibility of authorization check design and convenience of management, this paper uses the principle of dynamic proxy design to optimize this process, also provide a method which is Spring AOP based of transaction management for program running. The role-create method proposed can configure the users authority flexible. The improved design concept can achieve the basic requirements if role-based access control policies, and improve the efficiency of project development and security of application system maximum.

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Chusorn, Prayuth, Cheaztha Bhoprathab, Pornpimon Chusorn, Pramook Chusorn, and Yupawarat Kentekrom. "Policy for the effective research university." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 2, no. 2 (January 12, 2016): 42–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v2i2.414.

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Research for development policy for the Effective Research University case study of Khon Kaen University used the principle of policy research divided into three stages: 1) the synthesis document 2) Interviews of experts and 3) focus group discussion. Target groups include administrators, faculty member and university researchers. Research tools were documentary analysis questionnaires and the focus group form. The analysis and interpreted data were performed by content analysis.Research findings As a leading research university with international quality and standards as importance goal which requires challenge strategies aimed to integrative change as follows,Preparing personnel together, determine the faculty strategies to support personnel and researchers, using a variety of research products, creative works develop into applied research and development research and create system and mechanisms of intellectual property to develop into commercial applications continuously. Establishing research fund to motivate faculty members researchers and graduate students for knowledge technologies to be utilized and satisfy the needs of local and nationally. Knowledge management of the experiences of a senior researcher ,support the teaching and learning process by using the study as a base by integrating research and teaching at both the subjects and courses including the use of research-based knowledge to manage the process of decision making, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and improvement work. Support for research and transfer research to the public focus on professional development and quality of life as well as the base for the development of networking and knowledge sharing. Awards & recognition / reward and honor researchers and research institution with outstanding performance in research and innovation to accelerate the strengthening of research integration, towards selfreliance build competitiveness and social guides. Keywords: Research University, challenge strategies

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Nilsson, Kjell, and Sune Sunesson. "Strategy and Tactics: Utilization of Research in Three Policy Sector Contexts." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 29, no. 3 (September 1993): 366–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021886393293007.

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Kherigi, Intissar, and Khalil Amiri. "Public Policy Making in Tunisia: The Contribution of Policy Research Institutes." Middle East Law and Governance 7, no. 1 (April 23, 2015): 76–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18763375-00701008.

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The concept of governance is increasingly used to describe a range of factors relating to “the exercise of economic, political and administrative authority to manage a country’s affairs at all levels.” The process of policymaking lies at the heart of the governance challenge. The conception, planning, implementation and evaluation of public policies are the visible outcomes of the process of exercising economic, political and administrative authority. These policy processes and their outcomes can be measured, assessed and evaluated in order to improve governance and achieve higher value outcomes for the public. The important role of applied research in this process is increasingly being recognised by practitioners. This paper examines the role of policy research institutes in Tunisia in policy evaluation and providing policy makers with valuable data and analysis in order to contribute to a better understanding of policy problems and more effective policies that are targeted to the needs of the affected groups. Our research shows that such institutes are developing a stake in the policymaking process in Tunisia, using new spaces for policy research and critical engagement to scrutinise and question government policies, challenge policy frameworks and government models and raise new policy problems. The paper examines the challenges facing these institutes and presents recommendations for strengthening their role in order to contribute to developing more effective forms of policy monitoring and evaluation that can help the state to design more effective public services, assist legislative bodies to better exercise their role of democratic oversight, and raise the public’s level of understanding of, and engagement in, how their government is conducting their affairs.

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Tadaki, Marc, Jennifer Salmond, and Richard Le Heron. "Applied climatology." Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 38, no. 4 (January 23, 2014): 392–413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309133313517625.

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Applied climatology has long been a niche domain, straddling the intersection between the social and natural sciences and populated largely by geographers explicitly interested in reframing human activities around climate. As human-atmospheric relations become increasingly embedded within institutions of governance, new narratives of and for applied climatology are emerging to champion particular atmospheric objects, orientations, practices and institutions into positions of policy relevance and investment priority. This paper attempts to understand these intersecting politics of ‘climate and society’ research by situating their emergence through three lenses of inquiry. First, we explore the historical disciplinary work of ‘application’ in geographical climatology, paying particular attention to how ‘relevance’ has been understood and practised. Second, we reassemble a missed disciplinary conversation about ideology in applied geography, and link this to definitions and rationales for applied climatology. Third, we explore five recent thematic engagements in applied climatology, to generate thinking about the institutions and practices of assembling climate in new circles of ‘application’, policy and elsewhere. The ‘applications’ that climatologists choose to pursue – and the ways in which they pursue them – are deeply political questions that reproduce decision-making logics, funding rationalities, notions of expertise and problem framings. In conclusion, we argue that, rather than understanding ‘climate’ and ‘society’ as stable entities with standard (e.g. quantitative) practices or modes of association, we might instead concern ourselves with the practices of assembling human-atmospheric relations.

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Brown, Sally. "Applied Educational Research in Scotland: Some History and Challenges for the Future." Scottish Educational Review 39, no. 1 (March 27, 2007): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/27730840-03901002.

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In this invited piece, Sally Brown provides a personal perspective on where applied educational research in Scotland has come from over the last few decades and the challenges it currently faces. The paper draws on the direct involvement of the author in a number of major research projects, either as a researcher directly involved in data gathering and analysis, or as an adviser on important programmes of research. The paper outlines the expectations of research of policy-makers, practitioners, and of researchers themselves, before charting some attempts at collaboration among Scottish institutions in the production of educational research. The key issue of capacity building in order to produce high quality research is discussed in the context of the merger of the former teacher education colleges with universities. Some of the challenges to capacity building are identified, including institutional policy and practices and the commitment and enthusiasm of the current workforce. A major challenge is sustaining the collaborative practices which AERS has attempted to foster. In a globalised environment, the added value of Scottish higher education institutions working together seems to be self-evident. The paper asks us critically to examine this assumption.

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Carpintero Capell, Heliodoro, Victoria Del Barrio, and Richard Mababu. "Applied Psychology. The Case of the Baer, Wolf and Risley Prescriptions for Applied Behavior Analysis." Universitas Psychologica 13, no. 5 (October 3, 2014): 1729. http://dx.doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.upsy13-5.aptc.

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Baer, Wolf and Risley, members of the group that promoted the creation of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, offered in its first issue a detailed series of ‘prescriptions’ that characterized the way research and research articles would be conceived as adequate to the applied field by the journal editors. Their ‘prescriptions’ have been largely cited, becoming a sign of authors’ identification with the journal policy, and widely influencing the structure and topics of this specialized literature.

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Athey, Susan, and Guido W. Imbens. "The State of Applied Econometrics: Causality and Policy Evaluation." Journal of Economic Perspectives 31, no. 2 (May 1, 2017): 3–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.31.2.3.

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In this paper, we discuss recent developments in econometrics that we view as important for empirical researchers working on policy evaluation questions. We focus on three main areas, in each case, highlighting recommendations for applied work. First, we discuss new research on identification strategies in program evaluation, with particular focus on synthetic control methods, regression discontinuity, external validity, and the causal interpretation of regression methods. Second, we discuss various forms of supplementary analyses, including placebo analyses as well as sensitivity and robustness analyses, intended to make the identification strategies more credible. Third, we discuss some implications of recent advances in machine learning methods for causal effects, including methods to adjust for differences between treated and control units in high-dimensional settings, and methods for identifying and estimating heterogenous treatment effects.

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Ignjatovic, Suzana. "Qualitative applied research in social interventions and public policy programs: The case of focus group interviews." Sociologija 62, no. 1 (2020): 42–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc2001042i.

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Quantitative research is still dominant in public policy, but qualitative methods are being increasingly used as sources of primary data. In addition to their main practical purpose, qualitative applied policy research studies are used to legitimize public policy programs, social interventions, and initiatives. Compared to quantitative research, qualitative methods provide insight into the contextual and complex situational factors, which may be highly relevant for successful social interventions. Focus group interviews are commonly used in social interventions for data collection. Focus group interviews may contribute to a better articulation of implicit opinions and preferences, and enable triangulation based on multiple perspectives and information (beneficiaries, stakeholders). We argue that focus groups in public policy research and social interventions are based on the same methodological principles as focus groups in basic research, including sampling, facilitation, and ethical issues. Some modifications are necessary due to the main purpose of focus groups (the intervention), situational factors, and logistic fieldwork issues.

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Grabe, William. "Perspectives in applied linguistics." AILA Review 17 (December 31, 2004): 105–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aila.17.10gra.

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This overview focuses on the work of Applied Linguistics in North America with an emphasis on publications in the past 6 years. Follow a brief interpretive section on the nature and status of Applied Linguistics, the article reviews a number of major areas of research in Applied Linguistics. These areas include second language acquisition (and its various sub-domains), L2 reading and writing research, language learning and teaching, language and culture, corpus linguistics, critical perspectives, language assessment, language policy and planning, language uses in professional contexts, and technology in Applied Linguistics. The overview closes with comments on seven possible areas for growth in Applied Linguistics in addition to the mainstream fields noted above.

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Leifeld, Philip. "Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis: A Research Agenda." Politics and Governance 8, no. 2 (June 2, 2020): 180–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i2.3249.

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Discourse network analysis (DNA) is a combination of network analysis and qualitative content analysis. DNA has been applied to various policy processes and debates to show how policy actors are related at the discursive level, complementing coordination relations among them that are often analysed in the application of the policy networks approach. This editorial takes stock of the theoretical and methodological research frontiers in DNA and summarises the contributions of the eleven articles in the thematic issue on “Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis” in Politics and Governance.

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Rogers, Jeffrey L. "Missed Opportunities: Politics, Research, and Public Policy." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 35, no. 4 (December 1991): 279–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624x9103500401.

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د. محمود بن عبدالله المحمود, د. محمود بن عبدالله المحمود. "Associate professor of applied linguistics Applied Linguistics Dept., Arabic Linguistics Inst., King Saud University." journal of King Abdulaziz University Arts And Humanities 28, no. 13 (May 7, 2020): 199–235. http://dx.doi.org/10.4197/art.28-13.7.

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In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the concern of the Arabic language is reflected in the Saudi language policy, which is displayed in all aspects of decisions, programs, projects and public life. The Kingdom’s development process has facilitated significant improvements at all levels, which enhances the need for continuous review of the language policy to ensure that it is achieving its goals. The current study seeks to discuss Saudi language policy in general, with a specific focus on Arabic language decisions, by utilizing an integrated approach, consisting of questionnaire and interview with a sample of administrative leaders in the Kingdom. The study seeks to discuss the ideology underlying Saudi language policy, as well as views on its nature, effectiveness, impact and implementation challenges; it also proposes a framework to build a Saudi language policy aimed at preserving previous achievements and achieving future aspirations. The study demonstrates the existence of social, cultural and linguistic ideologies that support the policies related to the Arabic language, such as considering it as a basic component of the political entity, a major part of the national identity; it also identifies concern for Arabic in the linguistic landscape, along with its centrality in the educational system, and the keenness of linguistic purification. The results also showed the participants’ agreement on the clarity of the decisions on language, as well as its comprehensiveness, need for development, and the extent to which individuals and institutions exhibit a weak awareness of it. Also, it reveals the existence of some problems that prevent its implementation, which are related to the decisions themselves, the procedural processes, or the administrative institutions. The study also provides suggested methodological recommendations to build the desired language policy, which proceeds from a research base and builds on current achievements.

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Wolfson, Mark, Kimberly G. Wagoner, Scott D. Rhodes, Kathleen L. Egan, Michael Sparks, Dylan Ellerbee, Eunyoung Y. Song, et al. "Coproduction of Research Questions and Research Evidence in Public Health: The Study to Prevent Teen Drinking Parties." BioMed Research International 2017 (2017): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3639596.

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Community-based participatory research (CBPR) provides a set of principles and practices intended to foster coproduction of knowledge. However, CBPR often has shortcomings when applied to population-level policy and practice interventions, including a focus on single communities and a lack of focus on policy change. At the same time, community trials focused on policy have shortcomings, including lack of stakeholder involvement in framing research questions and modest engagement in study implementation and interpretation and dissemination of results. We describe an attempt to hybridize CBPR and community trials by creating a partnership that included a national membership organization, a coalition advisory board, intervention and delayed intervention communities, and an academic study team, which collaborated on a study of community strategies to prevent underage drinking parties. We use qualitative and quantitative data to critically assess the partnership. Areas where the partnership was effective included (1) identifying a research question with high public health significance, (2) enhancing the intervention, and (3) improving research methods. Challenges included community coalition representatives’ greater focus on their own communities rather than the production of broader scientific knowledge. This model can be applied in future attempts to narrow the gap between research, policy, and practice.

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Davies, Huw, Sandra Nutley, and Isabel Walter. "Why ‘knowledge transfer’ is misconceived for applied social research." Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 13, no. 3 (July 2008): 188–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2008.008055.

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Hunt, J. C. R., Y. Timoshkina, P. J. Baudains, and S. R. Bishop. "System Dynamics Applied to Operations and Policy Decisions." European Review 20, no. 3 (May 2, 2012): 324–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798711000585.

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This paper reviews how concepts and techniques of system dynamics are being applied in new ways to analyse the operations and formation of artificial and societal systems and then to make decisions about them. The ideas and modelling methods to describe natural and technological systems are mostly reductionist (or ‘bottom-up’) and based on general scientific principles, with ad-hoc elements for any particular system. But very complex and large systems involving science, technology and society, whose complete descriptions and predictions are impossible, can still be designed, controlled and managed using the methods of system dynamics, where they are focused on the outputs of the system in relation to the input data available, and relevant external influences. For many complex systems with uncertain behaviour, their models typically combine concepts and methods of bottom-up system dynamics with statistical modelling of past or analogous data and optimization of outputs. System dynamics that has been generalized by advances in mathematical, scientific and technological research over the past 50 years, together with new approaches to the use of data and ICT, has led to powerful qualitative verbal and schematic concepts as well as improved quantitative methods, both of which have been shown to be of great assistance to decisions, notably about different types of uncertainty and erratic behaviour. This approach complements traditional decision-making methods, by introducing greater clarity about the process, as well as providing new techniques and general concepts for initial analysis, system description – using data in non-traditional ways – and finally analysis and prediction of the outcomes, especially in critical situations where system behaviour cannot be analysed by traditional decision-making methods. The scientific and international acceptance of system methods can make decision-making less implicit, and with fewer cultural assumptions. Topical examples of systems and decision-making are given.

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Frick, Kevin D., and James L. Kunz. "Understanding Cost-Effectiveness Research Applied to Social Work." Social Work in Public Health 23, no. 6 (September 18, 2008): 7–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19371910802059528.

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Smith, Diane. "Indigenous Australian Households and the ‘Gammon’ Economy: Applied Anthropological Research in the Welfare Policy Arena." Practicing Anthropology 23, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 5–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.23.1.1340487851682378.

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This article describes applied anthropological research into the nature of Indigenous1 Australians' reliance on welfare income support, in the context of evaluating the suitability and effectiveness of Federal Government welfare policy and service delivery. The paper focuses on Indigenous families and the households in which they reside and includes reference to applied longitudinal research being jointly conducted by the author and a small multi-disciplinary team of anthropologists and economists from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at the Australian National University, Canberra (see Smith 2000 for a full account of the research project).

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