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REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 625-644Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2012.00581.x
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randomized controlled trials; policy analysis; knowledge utilization; evidence-informed policy making; nonlinear regression
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Consultation of scientific evidence by policy actors has been the foci of attention of knowledge utilization scholars for decades. The present study questioned the extent to which randomized controlled trials (RCTs)generally seen as the gold standard of scientific researchare known and consulted by policy analysts in ministerial settings. Using cross-sectional data collected in 17 ministries in Quebec (Canada), our study showed that fairly high levels of policy analysts report never having heard of RCTs, thus possibly hindering effective communication of scientific results to relevant policy makers. Statistical analyses reveal the importance of cognitive factors in explaining both phenomena.
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