Dwight F Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3620261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dwight F Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dwight F |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS D F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oklahoma |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1926 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Do You Want a Performance Audit or a Program Evaluation
Given the diversity of program evaluation, it is difficult to generalize about it, but certain major perspectives affect how evaluations are conceptualized, conducted, and reported. This article compares auditing with evaluation research in terms of foci, independence, quality control, and professionalism of program evaluation practitioners. It is important to note that the inferences drawn here represent tendencies rather than absolutes. Neverth…
Mental Economy and Voter Rationality: The Informed Citizen Problem in Voting Research
A striking paradox of voting research is that, despite persuasive theoretical explanations of why voters are likely to be ignorant and empirical confirmation of voter ignorance, there has been substantial evidence of "issue voting" by large segments of the American electorate. This paper explains this paradox in terms of a heuristic that voters might use to simplify voting decision problems. Evidence from the 1980 CPS National Election Study tend…
Negative Voter Support in Presidential Elections
r _ RADITIONAL studies of behavior have focused, with few exceptions, on voting for the candidate who is more or better liked than the other candidate(s). While in all presidential elections a majority of citizens express positive support for their preferred candidate, it is clear that substantial numbers of voters act on the basis of support. If we assume a two-candidate contest, then negative support for candidate A is defined as that state whe…
Policy Analysis and Scientific Ossification
In recent years, following the increasing use of social science expertise by public and private policy makers, numerous studies have been devoted to exploring the possibilities for effective utilization of this expertise.' This is, of course, an important and appropriate inquiry for social science. But an even more appropriate question has been largely ignored: what are the consequences of the increasing involvement in the policy process for soci…
Apologies to Kant
A Categorical Imperative for Social Scientific Policy Evaluation
When social scientists are hired as consultants, they face several ethical dilemmas. This article presents a logical argument for an ethical principle regarding the behavior of social scientists conducting policy evaluation research for a client. Given the isolated nature of evaluation research and the lack of scientific consensus within social science, the article argues that an ethical social scientist should avoid the most common types of cons…
Instant Analysis of Televised Political Addresses: The Speaker Versus the Commentator
This study explored the importance of “instant analysis” of televised political addresses by exposing four groups of respondents to a 30-minute political speech by Ronald Reagan followed by a neutral, a positive, a negative, and no commentary by a newscaster. Evaluations of the speaker were not affected by type of commentary, and the speaker was evaluated higher than the commentator in all treatment groups. The presence of a commentary in most ca…
The Process of Political Decision-Making in Groups: Search Behavior and Choice Shifts
A substantial portion of public policy is created, implemented, and adjudicated through small groups of elective and appointive officials occupying various institutional roles in the United States.A thorough understanding of the decision-making process is crucial if we are to comprehend policy-making and resultant policy outcomes.Small group decision-making bodies characterize local, state, and national political systems in both domestic and fore…
III—The Republicans Not a Party of Imperialism
Essay| June 01 1928 III—The Republicans Not a Party of Imperialism Dwight F. Davis Dwight F. Davis Secretary of War in President Coolidge’s Cabinet Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1928) 28 (3): 347–350. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1928.28.3.347 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools …
American Industry Prepared to Defend the Nation
Essay| February 01 1926 American Industry Prepared to Defend the Nation Dwight F. Davis Dwight F. Davis The Secretary of War of the United States. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1926) 23 (5): 641–647. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1926.23.5.641 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools G…
Mental Economy and Voter Rationality: The Informed Citizen Problem in Voting Research
A striking paradox of voting research is that, despite persuasive theoretical explanations of why voters are likely to be ignorant and empirical confirmation of voter ignorance, there has been substantial evidence of "issue voting" by large segments of the American electorate. This paper explains this paradox in terms of a heuristic that voters might use to simplify voting decision problems. Evidence from the 1980 CPS National Election Study tend…
The Process of Political Decision-Making in Groups: Search Behavior and Choice Shifts
A substantial portion of public policy is created, implemented, and adjudicated through small groups of elective and appointive officials occupying various institutional roles in the United States.A thorough understanding of the decision-making process is crucial if we are to comprehend policy-making and resultant policy outcomes.Small group decision-making bodies characterize local, state, and national political systems in both domestic and fore…
Negative Voter Support in Presidential Elections
r _ RADITIONAL studies of behavior have focused, with few exceptions, on voting for the candidate who is more or better liked than the other candidate(s). While in all presidential elections a majority of citizens express positive support for their preferred candidate, it is clear that substantial numbers of voters act on the basis of support. If we assume a two-candidate contest, then negative support for candidate A is defined as that state whe…
A Categorical Imperative for Social Scientific Policy Evaluation
When social scientists are hired as consultants, they face several ethical dilemmas. This article presents a logical argument for an ethical principle regarding the behavior of social scientists conducting policy evaluation research for a client. Given the isolated nature of evaluation research and the lack of scientific consensus within social science, the article argues that an ethical social scientist should avoid the most common types of cons…
American Industry Prepared to Defend the Nation
Essay| February 01 1926 American Industry Prepared to Defend the Nation Dwight F. Davis Dwight F. Davis The Secretary of War of the United States. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1926) 23 (5): 641–647. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1926.23.5.641 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools G…
III—The Republicans Not a Party of Imperialism
Essay| June 01 1928 III—The Republicans Not a Party of Imperialism Dwight F. Davis Dwight F. Davis Secretary of War in President Coolidge’s Cabinet Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1928) 28 (3): 347–350. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1928.28.3.347 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools …
The Process of Political Decision-Making in Groups: Search Behavior and Choice Shifts
A substantial portion of public policy is created, implemented, and adjudicated through small groups of elective and appointive officials occupying various institutional roles in the United States.A thorough understanding of the decision-making process is crucial if we are to comprehend policy-making and resultant policy outcomes.Small group decision-making bodies characterize local, state, and national political systems in both domestic and fore…
Instant Analysis of Televised Political Addresses: The Speaker Versus the Commentator
This study explored the importance of “instant analysis” of televised political addresses by exposing four groups of respondents to a 30-minute political speech by Ronald Reagan followed by a neutral, a positive, a negative, and no commentary by a newscaster. Evaluations of the speaker were not affected by type of commentary, and the speaker was evaluated higher than the commentator in all treatment groups. The presence of a commentary in most ca…
Policy Analysis and Scientific Ossification
In recent years, following the increasing use of social science expertise by public and private policy makers, numerous studies have been devoted to exploring the possibilities for effective utilization of this expertise.' This is, of course, an important and appropriate inquiry for social science. But an even more appropriate question has been largely ignored: what are the consequences of the increasing involvement in the policy process for soci…
Apologies to Kant
A Categorical Imperative for Social Scientific Policy Evaluation
When social scientists are hired as consultants, they face several ethical dilemmas. This article presents a logical argument for an ethical principle regarding the behavior of social scientists conducting policy evaluation research for a client. Given the isolated nature of evaluation research and the lack of scientific consensus within social science, the article argues that an ethical social scientist should avoid the most common types of cons…
Mental Economy and Voter Rationality: The Informed Citizen Problem in Voting Research
A striking paradox of voting research is that, despite persuasive theoretical explanations of why voters are likely to be ignorant and empirical confirmation of voter ignorance, there has been substantial evidence of "issue voting" by large segments of the American electorate. This paper explains this paradox in terms of a heuristic that voters might use to simplify voting decision problems. Evidence from the 1980 CPS National Election Study tend…
Negative Voter Support in Presidential Elections
r _ RADITIONAL studies of behavior have focused, with few exceptions, on voting for the candidate who is more or better liked than the other candidate(s). While in all presidential elections a majority of citizens express positive support for their preferred candidate, it is clear that substantial numbers of voters act on the basis of support. If we assume a two-candidate contest, then negative support for candidate A is defined as that state whe…
Do You Want a Performance Audit or a Program Evaluation
Given the diversity of program evaluation, it is difficult to generalize about it, but certain major perspectives affect how evaluations are conceptualized, conducted, and reported. This article compares auditing with evaluation research in terms of foci, independence, quality control, and professionalism of program evaluation practitioners. It is important to note that the inferences drawn here represent tendencies rather than absolutes. Neverth…
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