Editors’ Introduction

• Author: Kimberley R. Isett,Gary VanLandingham,Brian W. Head
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12828
• Published date: 01 September 2017
• Date: 01 September 2017

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Public Administration Review,

Vol. 77, Iss. 5, pp. 645. © 2017 by

The American Society for Public Administration.

DOI: 10.1111/puar.12828.

Evidence in Public

Administration

Editors’

Introduction

O ne of the long-standing challenges in

using evidence in public administration is

that the level of existing evidence relevant

to a policy choice is often far from the ideal of

multiple randomized control trials. In this issue ’ s

feature, Colleen Barbero, Siobhan Gilchrist, Sharada

Shantharam, Erika Fulmer, and Michael W. Schooley

from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention discuss a promising approach for assessing

and interpreting “early evidence” that is often available

to inform policy discussions. The technique, called

the Quality and Impact of Component Evidence

Assessment (QuIC), provides a systematic and timely

method for policy analysis that can be applied to

many types of emerging and complex public policies.

The commentary on the essay, written by Max

Crowley and J. Taylor Scott, discusses the lessons

learned by practitioners and scholars in using early

evidence, including the importance of strategically

reviewing available evidence using a well-defined

scope guided by clear standards and actively

communicating the review findings to policy makers.

Kimberley R. Isett

Georgia Institute of Technology

Brian W. Head

University of Queensland, Australia

Gary VanLandingham

Florida State University

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