Cartwright, Nancy (2013) Knowing what we are talking about: why evidence doesn't always travel. Evidence and Policy: a Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 9 (1). pp. 97-112. ISSN 1744-2648
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When is a well-established study result that a given policy/programme/treatment produced a given outcome in a particular study setting ('there') evidence that that policy/programme/treatment will produce that outcome in a new setting ('here')? This paper insists that 'there' and 'here' be firmly distinguished and offers in answer that we must have evidence that two further facts obtain: (a) that the policy can play the same causal role widely (widely enough to cover both here and there) and (b) that a complete set of the support factors necessary for the policy to operate here are present in some individuals here.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/ep/2013/... |
Additional Information: | © 2013 Policy Press |
Divisions: | LSE |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Date Deposited: | 01 Jul 2014 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 13 Aug 2024 23:14 |
Projects: | AH/H007857/1 |
Funders: | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/57381 |
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