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The 2012 Morris Hansen Lecture: Thank You Morris, et al., For Westat, et al

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  • Prewitt Kenneth

    (Columbia University, 535 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A.)

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This article, delivered as the 22nd Memorial Morris Hansen lecture, argues that the contract houses, typified by Westat, are uniquely situated in the cluster of institutions, practices, and principles that collectively constitute a bridge between scientific evidence on the one hand and public policy on the other. This cluster is defined in The Use of Science as Evidence in Public Policy as a policy enterprise that generates a form of social knowledge on which modern economies, policies, and societies depend (National Research Council 2012).

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  • Prewitt Kenneth, 2013. "The 2012 Morris Hansen Lecture: Thank You Morris, et al., For Westat, et al," Journal of Official Statistics, Sciendo, vol. 29(2), pages 223-231, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:offsta:v:29:y:2013:i:2:p:223-231:n:1
    DOI: 10.2478/jos-2013-0018
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