Social Experimentation, Program Evaluation, and Public Policy (Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Classics)

This volume provides a single collection some of the best articles on social experimentation and program evaluation that have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM).

• Provides exposure to a variety of well-executed social experiments and evaluations for evidence-based public policy
• Examines the theory and conduct of evaluations and social experiments as they relate to their practical implementation in evidence-based policy making
• Provides exposure to the fundamental issues surrounding the conduct of evaluations as well as to the relative merits of social experiments and the ethics and use of evaluations