在扩展之前最好地生成基于政策的证据
John A List1,2,3
1The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. jlist@uchicago.edu.
Nature
|February 15, 2024
概括
通过询问哪些信息是必要的以及何时需要的,以优化政策扩展. 这种以扩展科学为基础的方法有助于减少
科学领域:
- 社会科学
- 行为经济学
- 政策的实施
背景情况:
- 扩大社会干预措施往往会导致"压力下降",成本效益的比例下降.
- 有效的政策扩展对于社区健康,安全和未来的机会至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 提出一个最佳策略,以产生基于政策的证据,以减轻扩展的"电压下降".
- 让社会科学研究模式与科学扩展的需求保持一致.
主要方法:
- 支持传统研究模式的转变.
- 在发现阶段增加有效性试验的综合测试.
主要成果:
- 最佳的证据生成需要定义所需的信息及其顺序.
- 规模测试的早期整合迫使人们对规模可靠性要求进行"大局"认识.
结论:
- 改变传统的研究模式可以减少政策扩展的"压力下降".
- 从一开始就优先考虑规模相关的证据是成功实施政策的关键.
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