Social science in government : the role of policy researchers

Foreword / Michael J. Malbin --
Applying Social Science to Government --
The Role of Applied Social Science --
Optimism and Disillusionment --
Applying Macroeconomics --
The Planning-Programming-Budgeting System --
Demonstration and Evaluation Research --
Doubts Arise --
Demise of the PPB System --
Assessing Demonstration and Evaluation Research --
Demonstration Research --
The Nature of Demonstration Research --
The Vocabulary of Demonstration Research --
The Negative Income Tax Demonstrations --
Other Income Maintenance Demonstrations --
Demonstrations of Service-Type Programs --
Hurdles of Demonstration Research --
Selection Bias --
The Null Hypothesis --
Contamination --
Relations with Program Operators --
Quality and Consistency of Treatment --
Cost and Quality of Data --
Treatment of Human Subjects --
The Uncertainty of Cost-Benefit Analysis --
Welfare Demonstration Studies --
Supported Work --
Results Focus on Welfare --
Implications for Welfare Reform --
MDRC's Work/Welfare Demonstrations --
Evaluation Research --
The Nature of Evaluation Research --
The Federalism Barrier Reef --
Scientific Implications --
Evaluating the California GAIN Program --
The GAIN Process --
The MDRC Evaluation --
The Research Challenge --
Discoveries in the Implementation Process --
The 1988 and 1996 National Welfare Reform Laws --
The Family Support Act of 1988 --
The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 --
Evaluating the Family Support Act of 1988 / Irene Lurie --
Three Strategies --
Little Fanfare or Rhetoric.