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Evidence-based Policy: In Search of a Method

Pawson, Ray·2002·Evaluation

DOI 10.1177/1358902002008002512

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Evaluation research is tortured by time constraints. The policy cycle revolves quicker than the research cycle, with the result that `real time' evaluations often have little influence on policy making. As a result, the quest for evidence-based policy has turned increasingly to systematic reviews of the results of previous inquiries in the relevant policy domain. However, this shifting of the temporal frame for evaluation is in itself no guarantee of success. Evidence, whether new or old, never speaks for itself. Accordingly, there is debate about the best strategy of marshalling bygone research results into the policy process. This article joins the imbroglio by examining the logic of the two main strategies of systematic review: `meta-analysis' and `narrative review'. Whilst they are often presented as diametrically opposed perspectives, this article argues that they share common limitations in their understanding of how to provide a template for impending policy decisions. This review provides the background for Part II of the article (to be published in the next issue, Evaluation 8[3]), which considers the merits of a new model for evidence-based policy, namely `realist synthesis'.

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Authors: Pawson, R.
Affiliations: Queen Mary University of London (GB)
Corresponding author: Pawson, Ray
ORCID: Pawson, Ray
Venue: Evaluation
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2002-04
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Pages: 157-181
ISSN: 1356-3890 (ISSN-L)
1461-7153
DOI: 10.1177/1358902002008002512
OpenAlex: W2073020593
Semantic Scholar: 0a46f8e2fe3872100f441ff87ecd471f3fcf7e09
Cited by: 403
References: 26
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 22
FWCI: 17.56
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Evaluation (publishedVersion)
OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Public Administration › Evaluation and Performance Assessment
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
Keywords: evidence-based policy, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, realist synthesis, policy cycle, science-policy interface, policy decision-making

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