2012-05-10T18:07:19Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/b/berry_sandra_h.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2223.html 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) staff (mainly lineman and meter setters) were used in the Electricity Rate Study baseline survey, and this report evaluates their performance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3705.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report describes a survey undertaken to determine how the people of Los Angeles feel about the quality of their lives.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3131.html 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, which is designed to encourage use of private firms to provide services to the government whenever feasible, has had a major effect on the organization and management of U.S. Air Force vehicle...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4054.html 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Documents the results of a telephone survey conducted between October 1989 and January 1990 on a random sample of 1,305 adult residents of Los Angeles County.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3452.html 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presents the major findings from RAND's evaluation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3705-LA2000.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Describes a survey undertaken to determine how the people of Los Angeles feel about the quality of their lives, what they see as the region's most serious problems, how they rate the way the problems are being handled, and what they think can and should be done.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4031.html 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report documents the results of a telephone survey conducted between October 1989 and January 1990 on a random sample of 300 self-identified gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles County.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2798.html 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The results of three studies for this drug are presented, investigating the effects of six different structural variables: specificity of instructions, amount of explanation, writing style, risk emphasis, format, and reduced content (length).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2799.html 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The results of two studies for this drug are presented, investigating the effects of four different structural variables: specificity of instructions, amount of explanation, writing style, and risk emphasis.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2797.html 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The research reported is the most thorough investigation to date on the effects of patient package inserts (PPIs). It represents a prospective study of the effects of various prototype PPIs on actual drug users.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1918.html 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second of two volumes presenting the results of an 18-month study of the use of statistical performance measures in the context of felony proceedings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2800.html 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The research reported is the most thorough investigation to date on the effects of patient package inserts (PPIs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070207.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of symptoms interstitial cystitis and painful bladder syndrome may be the same entity.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR475z1.html 2007-04-22T23:35:00Z 2007-04-22T23:35:00Z

A companion volume to TR-475-HLTH that offers the instructions to the hospitals that were used for the feasibility study documented in that report.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR307.html 2005-09-07T12:05:00Z 2005-09-07T12:05:00Z

Determines whether gender differences exist in federal research grant awards and funding.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR203.html 2005-05-09T01:46:00Z 2005-05-09T01:46:00Z

Assesses the context and goals that were the foundation for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's patient safety initiative.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB2006.html 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief summarizes analysis contained in the RAND Corporation report, "A Pilot Study of the Impact of OMB Circular A-76 on Motor Vehicle Maintenance Cost and Quality in the U.S. Air Force" (R-3131-MIL).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9398.html 2008-11-03T08:01:00Z 2008-11-03T08:01:00Z

Offers some practical implications based on the first study to demonstrate a link between exposure to sexual content on TV and subsequently becoming pregnant or being responsible for a pregnancy before the age of 20.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6262.html 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reviews efforts to assess the effectiveness of television programs on changing health behaviors.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6527.html 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Interviewer variances are usually small, hard to obtain, and harder to interpret. This paper describes a simple method, not based on randomization of interviewer assignments, for estimating the contribution of interviewers to total survey error. Ca...