B: The Theory that Backs up What We SayPart II: Paving the Road from 'There' to 'Here' Chapter II.A: Support Factors: Causal Cakes and their Ingredients Chapter II.B: Causal Roles: Shared and UnsharedPart III: Strategies for Finding What You Need to Know Chapter III.A: Where We are and Where We are Going Chapter III.B: Four StrategiesPart IV: RCTs, Evidence-Ranking Schemes, and Fidelity Chapter IV.A: Where We are and Where We are Going Chapter IV.B: What are RCTs Good For? Chapter IV.C: Evidence-Ranking
Schemes, Advice Guides, and Choosing Effective Policies Chapter IV.D: FidelityPart V: Deliberation is not Second Best Chapter V.A: Where We are and Where We are Going Chapter V.B: Centralization and DiscretionPart VI: ConclusionAppendix I: Representing Causal ProcessesAppendix II: The Munro ReviewAppendix III: CCTV and Car TheftNotesReferencesIndex

Evidence-Based Policy

A Practical Guide to Doing It Better

Nancy Cartwright and Jeremy Hardie

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Nancy Cartwright is Professor of Philosophy at UC-San Diego and London School of Economics.Jeremy Hardie is an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford and a Fellow of King's College London; he is also Vice President of the Royal Economic Society, and was Chairman of the WH Smith Group from 1992 to 2010.

Evidence-Based Policy

A Practical Guide to Doing It Better

Nancy Cartwright and Jeremy Hardie

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"Nancy Cartwright and Jeremy Hardie are to be complimented. In their new book, Evidence-Based Policy, the authors have attempted to address a serious problem in policy design... In the process, they do a number of things very well, including debunking the notion that randomized clinical trials are the gold standard for solving all problems in all situations... In addition, they spend a lot of time helping the reader understand why a particular approach to policy design may work well in one venue but not in another." --Health Affairs

Evidence-Based Policy

A Practical Guide to Doing It Better

Nancy Cartwright and Jeremy Hardie

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