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Thinking Inside the Box: A Participatory, Computer-Assisted Approach to Scenario Discovery — Dec 31, 2009

This paper systematically describes the scenario discovery concept and its implementation, presents statistical tests to evaluate the resulting scenarios, and demonstrates the approach on an example policy problem involving the efficacy of a proposed U.S. renewable energy standard.

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Do We Need Better Predictions to Adapt to a Changing Climate? — Mar 30, 2009

Many scientists have called for a substantial new investment in climate modeling to increase the accuracy, precision, and reliability of climate predictions. Such investments are often justified by asserting that failure to improve predictions will prevent society from adapting successfully to changing climate.

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Making Sense of Data-Driven Decision Making in Education — Nov 27, 2006

Data-driven decision making, applied to student achievement testing data, is a central focus of many school and district reform efforts. Yet many unanswered questions remain about the use of data to inform decisions and the effects on student achievement.

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Collecting the Dots: Problem Formulation and Solution Elements — Dec 20, 2004

Investigates barriers to circulating information important for anticipating disasters and describes approaches for bringing information together in a meaningful way.

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Siddhartha Dalal

Chief Technology Officer; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in statistics, University of Rochester; M.B.A. in marketing, University of Rochester; B.S. in mathematical statistics, University of Bombay