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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1986
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED289725 |
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- Research Policies for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Science Policy Study Background Report No. 6. Report Prepared by the Congressional Research Service Library of Congress, Transmitted to the Task Force on Science Policy. Committee on Science and Technology. U.S. House of Representatives. Nineth-Ninth Congress. Second Session. Behavioral Sciences College Science Employment Patterns Federal Aid Higher Education Public Policy School Business Relationship Science and Society Social Science Research Social Sciences This report summarizes a survey into the governance, use, and support of the behavioral and social sciences in the United States for the last 40 years. The document contains sections which deal with: (1) some major aspects in the history of the relationship between the federal government and the behavioral and social sciences; (2) major fields of behavioral and social sciences; (3) similarities and differences between basic and applied research in the behavioral and social sciences; (4) trends in federal support for the behavioral and social sciences (including a summary and synopsis of federal programs); (5) non-federal funding for behavioral and social science research; (6) studies of the relationships between the government and the behavioral and social sciences; (7) employment patterns and trends in the behavioral and social sciences; (8) examples of the application of behavioral and social research in commercial, administrative and technical settings; (9) issues in the utilization of behavioral and social science research in policymaking; (10) approaches to enhancing the utilization of behavioral and social research in policymaking; and (11) conclusions and implications for policy. (TW)