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DATA WILL DRIVE INNOVATION IN PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN THE NEXT DECADE
Author(s) -
Pirog Maureen A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/pam.21752
Subject(s) - counterpoint , point (geometry) , citation , library science , public policy , public management , political science , sociology , public relations , media studies , computer science , law , pedagogy , geometry , mathematics
While there are many strong forces at play in the field of policy analysis and management, the strongest and most fundamental changes that will shape the field of policy analysis over the next decade are in the types of data that are increasingly available to researchers. Because research designs and statistical/econometric approaches are codependent with data, changes in the types of data available to public policy and management researchers will transform the field. Additionally, continuing research on the ability of econometrics to compensate for selection biases will continue to push researchers interested in the does it work question further down the path toward random assignment studies. Creative work on better quasiexperimental methods could change this movement, but in the absence of better econometrics, researchers will continue the movement into experimental research. Let me begin with the low-lying fruit, changes in the types and accessibility of data.