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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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090336.html Mar 30, 2009 Mar 30, 2009

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP170.html Nov 27, 2006 Nov 27, 2006

<p>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. </p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP103.html Dec 20, 2004 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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<em>Chief Technology Officer; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School</em><br>Ph.D. in statistics, University of Rochester; M.B.A. in marketing, University of Rochester; B.S. in mathematical statistics, University of Bombay

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<em>Operations Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School</em><br>Ph.D. in operations research, MIT; B.S. in applied mathematics, MIT

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<em>Natural Sci-MD, Assoc</em><br>B.S. in biophysics, Yale University; M.D., New York University; M.S. in health services research, Stanford University