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Evaluation for democracy

Despite the recent rapid growth in applied social science, the results of that collaboration between research and policy-making have been disappointing (e.g. the American War on Poverty). Two British examples of national action-research experiments...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Authors: Tony F. Marshall, Suzan M. Fairhead, D. J.I. Murphy, S. C. Iles

December 1, 1978

Improving the quality of life for ethnic minority groups

Although I wish to draw on research into ethnic minority groups for examples to demonstrate the hypotheses I wish to put, I see no reason why the same hypotheses need not apply equally to many other aspects of public sector social research. The...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Author: John Hanvey

Company: Harris Interactive (Europe)

December 1, 1978

Predicting social change

This paper covers the role of the survey researcher as a social forecaster. Social indicators have been derived from a qualitative and quantitative survey research system now operating in 14 different countries. These indicators include self...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Author: Elizabeth H. Nelson

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

December 1, 1978

Social research on a major European problem

The British Department of the Environment is conducting a programme of 22 research projects on the problem of the regeneration of the inner areas of British cities. The IFF project with which the paper is concerned is on the expansion of employment...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Author: Andrew Robert McIntosh

December 1, 1978

Social research as a means to participate in public decision-making Switzerland

Swiss citizens are expected to vote on six to ten weekends per year, of which four are reserved for national topics. Normally several themes are presented jointly as so-called "multi-packs". Abstention from the ballot-box is growing and reaches in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Authors: Werner Ebersold, Hans-Peter Hertig

December 1, 1978

Statistics on Britain's new towns and chief impact on opinion and decision making

The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of statistics relevant to quality of life on the climate of public opinion and decision making. Following this introduction and summary the paper has four sections. Section 2 gives some background...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Authors: Ray Thomas, Patricia Prescott-Clarke

December 1, 1978

Action research and social welfare

This paper discusses recent British experience of action research in government sponsored community action programmes, (Community Development Projects and EEC sponsored Community Resource Centres). It points to the common view which dismisses action...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Authors: Ray Lees, Nick Bailey

December 1, 1978

The technological breakthrough in social science

To estimate costs and benefits and thus provide a rational basis for decision, social policy research must forecast the responses of target populations to particular social policies and programs. Costs are mostly a function of unit costs multiplied...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Author: Clark C. Abt

December 1, 1978

Lad 1 creative research

This research was designed to evaluate consumerreactions to the Lad 1 creative development: 1. The campaign idea represented by threeAnimatics;2. Three Animatics (Astronauts, Napoleon and Racehorses);3. The name 'Maes Lite Lager';4. Four possible...

Catalogue: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive Collection

Author: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive

December 1, 1978