The nonuse of psychological research at two federal agencies.
In 1994 the Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued a report critical of some features of the proposal review processes at the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. I provide two examples of procedures the agencies could have adopted to address the GAO's criticisms. I also relate the history of the two agencies' reluctance to use the psychological research literature to guide them as their new review procedures were instituted. Finally, I enumerate possible reasons for the agencies' decision not to follow or even test suggestions based on the judgment and decision-making research literature.
Arkes
Hal R
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Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA. arkes.1@osu.edu
D005380:Financing, Government / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015588:Observer Variation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011584:Psychology / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*