Truth and Credibility in Sincere Policy Analysis

Barry Bozeman () and David Landsbergen
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David Landsbergen: Ohio State University

Evaluation Review, 1989, vol. 13, issue 4, 355-379

Abstract: This article distinguishes two competing approaches to policy analysis: a credibility approach and a truth approach. The credibility approach would define the role of the policy analyst as a search for plausible argument instead of truth. After defining the basic assumptions of the truth and credibility approaches, the implications for the conduct of policy analysis are explored.

Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8901300402

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