The Funding of Social Knowledge Production and Application A Survey of Federal Agencies (1978) / Chapter Skim
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Many agencies support studies employing econometric and simulation models; the use of cost-benefit analysis and survey research is common; complex social experiments are now being supported by several agencies. In many ways, this volume demonstrates the acceptance of social R&D by the federal government.
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This volume attempts to let those outside -- and even those inside -- the government know what social R&D activities the federal government is funding. In addition to describing the major social R&D programs of an agency, the volume cites publications that discuss agency social knowledge production and application activities in more detail.1 These publications frequently contain lists of projects funded by agencies and information on how those project reports can be obtained.
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The Study Project found that there is currently very little oversight of the social R&D system. Thus, another purpose of this volume is to provide an overview of the entire federal social R&D system, which might enable others to evaluate the system by asking such questions as: Are there some important problems not being addressed by the federal government's social R&D?
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was surveyed, but no social knowledge production and application activities were found. NASA did, however, report obligations of $1.3 million in the social sciences for fiscal 1977 to the NSF annual survey of federal funds for R&D.
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While outlays represent the actual payment of federal funds in a given year, obligations are financial commitments made by a federal agency that will require outlays during the current or some future fiscal year. Obligations were judged to be a better indicator for the purposes of the survey.
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The Federal Funds series and other publications in the NSF Survey of Science Resources Series are available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, as is the OMB Special Analyses.
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In many instances, interviews were held with the persons responsible for filling out the agency's R&D submission. In addition to fitting social R&D funds into a framework of social knowledge production and application, the survey team also obtained data on activities (such as program evaluation and statistics)
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