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"What We Have Here, Is a Failure to [Replicate]": Ways to Solve a Replication Crisis in Implementation Science

This article reviews what is known about replication of implementation trials, and identifies the gaps and next steps to continue increasing the transparency, openness, and replicability of implementation research.

Aug 13, 2021

Matthew Chinman, Joie D. Acosta, Patricia A. Ebener, Amy L. Shearer
Report

Engaging with North Korea: Lessons from Game Theory

In this report, the authors apply a game theoretic lens to the current confrontation between the United States and North Korea to provide insights and recommendations.

Aug 12, 2021

Troy D. Smith, Marco Hafner, Bruce W. Bennett
Dissertation

Increasing Fighter Pilot Retention with Improved Basing Decisions

Leverages a value-added model to identify changes to Air Force basing policy that could improve fighter pilot retention outcomes.

Aug 12, 2021

Russell H. Williams
Journal Article

A Pilot Study Investigating STEM Learners' Ability to Decipher AI-generated Video

In this study, state of the art AI algorithms are trained on a specific STEM context (e.g., climate change) using publicly-available data.

Aug 12, 2021

Dule Shu, Christopher Joseph Doss, Jared Mondschein, Denise Kopecky, Valerie A. Fitton-Kane, Lance Bush, Conrad Tucker
Journal Article

Assessing the Effect of Corequisite English Instruction Using a Randomized Controlled Trial

This is the first study to provide experimental evidence of the impact of corequisite remediation, an approach to accelerating students into college-level English.

Aug 12, 2021

Trey Miller, Lindsay Daugherty, Paco Martorell, Russell Gerber
Tool

Getting To Outcomes®: Guide for Strengthening Sexual Assault Prevention Activities in the Military

This Getting To Outcomes guide will help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of military sexual assault prevention activities. It includes instructions, blank tools, and examples.

Aug 11, 2021

Matthew Chinman, Patricia A. Ebener, Coreen Farris, Amy L. Shearer, Joie D. Acosta
Report

Operational Unpredictability and Deterrence: Evaluating Options for Complicating Adversary Decisionmaking

This report assesses whether and how the U.S. military might utilize unpredictability in force employment, posture, and operations to deter adversaries and identifies the possible risks and costs of such approaches.

Aug 11, 2021

Miranda Priebe, Angela O'Mahony, Bryan Frederick, Alyssa Demus, Bonny Lin, Michelle Grisé, Derek Eaton, Abby Doll
Report

Improving the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Among U.S. Coast Guard Active-Duty Members

Researchers sought to identify the root causes of underrepresentation for women and members of racial/ethnic minority groups in the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as facilitators of and barriers to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Aug 11, 2021

Nelson Lim, Kimberly Curry Hall, Kirsten M. Keller, David Schulker, Louis T. Mariano, Miriam Matthews, Lisa Saum-Manning, Devon Hill, Brandon Crosby, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Linda Cottrell, Clara A. Aranibar
Research Brief

Can the U.S. Military Strengthen Deterrence by Becoming More Operationally Unpredictable?

This brief assesses how the United States might deter adversaries from attacking U.S. allies by increasing adversary uncertainty about how the United States would fight.

Aug 11, 2021

Miranda Priebe, Angela O'Mahony, Bryan Frederick, Alyssa Demus, Bonny Lin, Michelle Grisé, Derek Eaton, Abby Doll
Report

Opportunities for the Brazilian Navy to Employ Additional Unmanned Systems

This Perspective is an exploration of some of the ways the Brazilian Navy could use unmanned systems to improve effectiveness and, potentially, reduce risks and costs while meeting a wide range of demands over vast and diverse geographic areas.

Aug 10, 2021

Scott Savitz
Journal Article

Absenteeism and Presenteeism Among American Workers

We analyze the relationship between absences, presenteeism, and work outcomes using data from the American Working Conditions Survey.

Aug 10, 2021

Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen, Stephanie Rennane
Journal Article

Winning the 5g Race with China: A U.S.-Japan Strategy to Trip the Competition, Run Faster, and Put the Fix In

This article argues that China's 5G wireless information and communications technology poses serious risks to privacy and national security and describes a U.S.-Japan strategy for countering these threats.

Aug 10, 2021

Scott W. Harold, Rika Kamijima-Tsunoda
Report

Acquiring a Mosaic Force: Issues, Options, and Trade-Offs

Mosaic Warfare envisions more fractionated, heterogeneous forces, dynamically composed on tactical timelines. In this report, the authors present insights from a policy game to assess alternative governance models for acquiring a Mosaic force.

Aug 9, 2021

Joel B. Predd, Jon Schmid, Elizabeth M. Bartels, Jeffrey A. Drezner, Bradley Wilson, Anna Jean Wirth, Liam McLane
Report

Grounded: An Enterprise-Wide Look at Department of the Air Force Installation Exposure to Natural Hazards: Implications for Infrastructure Investment Decisionmaking and Continuity of Operations Planning

The authors of this report consider the exposure of Department of the Air Force (DAF) installations to flooding, high winds, and wildfires—hazards that have affected DAF installations in the recent past.

Aug 9, 2021

Anu Narayanan, Michael J. Lostumbo, Kristin Van Abel, Michael T. Wilson, Anna Jean Wirth, Rahim Ali
Report

Addressing societal challenges in Norway: Key trends, future scenarios, missions and structural measures

Through a series of nine reports, the study identified priority missions that the Research Council of Norway could consider implementing in the future to address societal challenges, and potential structural measures needed to enable a resilient R&I environment in Norway.

Aug 9, 2021

Salil Gunashekar, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Fay Dunkerley, Mann Virdee, Camilla d'Angelo, Carolina Feijao, Gemma-Claire Ali, Mikkel Skjoldager, Andrea Skjold Frøshaug, Torben Bundgaard Vad
Research Brief

Black Americans Cite Low Vaccine Confidence, Mistrust, and Limited Access as Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccination

To identify approaches to increase vaccine confidence and uptake among Black Americans, RAND Corporation researchers conducted a national survey with 207 Black participants in November 2020.

Aug 6, 2021

Laura M. Bogart, Lu Dong, Priya Gandhi, Samantha Ryan, Terry L. Smith, David J. Klein, Luckie-Alexander Fuller, Bisola O. Ojikutu, James Aboagye, Brandon Harrison
Report

Independent Evaluation of the New York State 1115 Waiver Amendment: The Children's Design: Interim Findings

The authors evaluate efforts to streamline health care for children and youth in the New York State Medicaid program who have needs for home- and community-based services through the recently implemented Children's Design.

Aug 6, 2021

Harry H. Liu, Joshua Breslau, Stephanie Rennane, Lisa Wagner, Annie Chen, Gabriela Alvarado, Ingrid Estrada-Darley, Andrew W. Dick
Report

The Future of New Jersey's Tuition Aid Grant: A Review of Options and Evidence

RAND Corporation experts prepared this report to address several key issues that are a priority for the New Jersey state government surrounding its Tuition Aid Grant (TAG) program for low-income college students.

Aug 5, 2021

Drew M. Anderson, Melanie A. Zaber
Report

RAND Technical Expert Panel Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Contract Star Ratings, May 5, 2021 Meeting

The RAND team gathered input from experts about stratified reporting by Part D low-income subsidy (LIS) and dual eligibility (DE), and disability and assessing social risk factors of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D contract beneficiaries.

Aug 5, 2021

Cheryl L. Damberg, Maria DeYoreo
Report

Media Literacy Education to Counter Truth Decay: An Implementation and Evaluation Framework

The authors outline a framework for implementing and evaluating media literacy (ML) education, a promising approach to slowing Truth Decay. The report provides a framework for teachers and evaluators furthering their work in ML education.

Aug 4, 2021

Alice Huguet, John F. Pane, Garrett Baker, Laura S. Hamilton, Susannah Faxon-Mills

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