The Evaluation of Research Supported by a Mission-Oriented Agency-Structured Approaches. Volume 1: On Measures of Research Effectiveness

Abstract

The feasibility of developing structured approaches to prospective and retrospective evaluation of basic research supported by a mission-oriented agency, specifically the Advanced Research Projects Agency, is examined. It is argued that the existence of an applied technological mission for the agency, combined with the unreliability of assessing the potential applied impact of individual research projects, calls for an approach to research evaluation which (1) measures scientific disciplines and subdisciplines according to their relevance to the agency's mission and (2) measures individual research projects within these categories against a yardstick of scientific excellence. Potential structured research methods to accomplish these tasks are considered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0753814

Entities

People

  • A. F. Milton
  • Philip A. Selwyn
  • Roger C. Molander

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Computers
  • Counting Methods
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Group Processes (Social Psychology)
  • Manpower
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Medical Specialties
  • Peer Groups
  • Physics
  • Productivity
  • Psychology
  • Solid State Physics
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation

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