Registration of health and medical research

Registration of health and medical research is an effective way of improving the transparency and credibility of evidence. Registration involves pre-specifying the research objectives, design, methods and analytic plan on a publicly accessible repository before conducting the study. Registration can reduce bias and improve the transparency and credibility of research findings. Registration is mandated for clinical trials, but it is also relevant to systematic reviews, observational and preclinical experimental research. This paper describes how researchers can register their research and outlines possible barriers and challenges in doing so. Widespread adoption of research registration can reduce research waste and improve evidence-informed clinical and policy decision making.

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Application of research findings to public health policy decision-making/practice

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e506842013-099 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

Helen Thomas ◽

Ginny Brunton ◽

Mary Ann O'Brien ◽

J. Yamada

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Decision Making ◽

Health Policy ◽

Public Health Policy ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Health Policy Decision ◽

Research Findings ◽

Policy Decision Making

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Group-sharing, not Group-think: Understanding Foreign Policy Decision-Making through a Social Sharedness Approach

Perspectivas - Journal of Political Science ◽

10.21814/perspectivas.49 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Luís Da Vinha

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Decision Making ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Group Dynamics ◽

Alternative Assessment ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Research Findings ◽

Policy Decision Making ◽

Social Sharing ◽

Group Sharing

The concept of groupthink has dominated much of group research in Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA). However, groupthink´s sucess and proliferation in academic and popular circles has led to some general misinterpretations of the concept itself. While Janis´groupthink concept has received a wide amount of attention throughout the years, it has also been subject to various strands of criticism. In fact, groupthink´s broad popularity has not been based on the success of research findings. Also, groupthink challenges much of the research of social psychology undertaken in recent decades which reveals that particular group dynamics can actually contribute to more efficient decision-making. In this paper we seek to demystify the groupthink phenomenon and present an alternative assessment of group dynamics in foreign policy decision-making. We argue in favour of adopting a social cognition approach which can advance our understanding of how decision-making groups define the particular challenges that they face in the international political environment. More precisely, we present a conceptual framework based on social sharing mechanisms for comprehending how groups develop the problem representations that inform their foreign policy decisions. Ultimately, we seek to highlight the positive contributions of groups dynamics in effective decision-making.Key-words: group decision-making, groupthink, integration process, social psychology, social, sharing.

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Appropriate Standards of Evidence for Education Policy Decision Making

Education Finance and Policy ◽

10.1162/edfp_a_00301 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 383-396

Author(s):

Carrie Conaway ◽

Dan Goldhaber

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Resource Allocation ◽

Education Policy ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Public ◽

Different Types ◽

Research Findings ◽

Standards Of Evidence ◽

Policy Decision Making

Education policy makers must make decisions under uncertainty. Thus, how they think about risks has important implications for resource allocation, interventions, innovation, and the information that is provided to the public. In this policy brief we illustrate how the standard of evidence for making decisions can be quite inconsistently applied, in part because of how research findings are reported and contextualized. We argue that inconsistencies in evaluating the probabilities of risks and rewards can lead to suboptimal decisions for students. We offer suggestions for how policy makers might think about the level of confidence they need to make different types of decisions and how researchers can provide more useful information so that research might appropriately affect decision making.

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