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Methodology

RAND researchers have pioneered several different methodologies, such as the Delphi method and robust decisionmaking, and continue to apply their methodological expertise in multidisciplinary projects that may require a range of capabilities, including modeling and simulation, survey research, economic or statistical analysis, or planning and forecasting.

Report

Understanding perceptions of the Research Excellence Framework among UK researchers: The Real-Time REF Review

RAND Europe, together with the University of Cardiff and the University of Sheffield, conducted a real-time evaluation to assess attitudes, perspectives and behaviours towards REF 2021 across the sector. The study aims to inform the future of the REF.

Nov 24, 2021
Journal Article

Overview of the Jack Rabbit II (JR II) Field Experiments and Summary of the Methods Used in the Dispersion Model Comparisons

This paper summarizes the Jack Rabbit II chlorine release trials conducted at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in 2015 and 2016 and provides on overview of comparisons of 17 widely used dense-gas dispersion models using the JR II data.

Nov 23, 2021
Journal Article

Longitudinal Associations of PROMIS-29 Anxiety and Depression Symptoms With Low Back Pain Impact in a Sample of U.S. Military Service Members

This study examines longitudinal associations between psychological symptoms and the Impact Stratification Score among military service members.

Nov 19, 2021
Journal Article

Crosswalking the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Physical Function, Pain Interference, and Pain Intensity Scores to the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire and the Oswestry Disability Index

Using data from three large samples of adults with chronic low back pain, we examined associations of the three PROMIS scores with the Oswestry Disability Index and the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire.

Nov 19, 2021
Journal Article

Support for the Reliability and Validity of the National Institutes of Health Impact Stratification Score in a Sample of Active-Duty U.S. Military Personnel with Low Back Pain

This study provides support for the reliability and validity of the Impact Stratification Score as a patient-reported summary measure for acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain.

Nov 19, 2021
Dissertation

Design, Validation, and An Application of the Future Adult Model: A Dynamic Microsimulation Model of Health-Related Outcomes in the United States

Describes, validates, and utilizes the Future Adult Model (FAM), a dynamic microsimulation model developed for policy analysis of health and health-related outcomes.

Nov 17, 2021
Journal Article

Lessons from Harvey: Improving Traditional Damage Estimates with Social Media Sourced Damage Estimates

Social media systems were incredibly active during disasters. Traditional sources such as the initial FEMA damage estimates can miss areas of heavy impact. This study provides a novel use case in crisis informatics.

Nov 16, 2021
Journal Article

Money and My Mind: Maternal Cash Transfers and Mental Health

This paper documents important mental health spillovers in the context of a program that offered pregnant women modest cash incentives to use pre- and perinatal health care services.

Nov 10, 2021
Journal Article

Working Hard or Hardly Working: Health Worker Effort and Health Outcomes

Effort by health workers in developing countries has been the subject of recent attention, but the implications for health outcomes have remained a matter of conjecture. This paper provides new evidence about the returns to health worker effort.

Nov 10, 2021
Dissertation

#KeepingItReal: Improving Social Media Users' Resistance to False Information during Elections

Addresses the issue of too much false information shared on social media by users during U.S. election seasons.

Nov 9, 2021
Journal Article

Life in the Slow Lane: Unintended Consequences of Public Transit in Jakarta

We study how TransJakarta, one of the worlds largest BRT systems, impacted commuting outcomes in Jakarta, Indonesia from 2002 to 2010.

Nov 9, 2021
Report

Mapping Business Networks in the Asia-Pacific

As the economies of East and Southeast Asia have exploded in size, the activities of Asian firms have become more and more interdependent. The number of cases in which firms from different countries shared the same director increased almost tenfold from 2006 to 2020.

Nov 9, 2021
Report

Graph Theoretic Algorithms for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program

The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent is a complete replacement for an aging intercontinental ballistic missile system that is currently under development. What are quantitative methods that can be used to make the unified certification process for nuclear systems more rigorous and efficient?

Nov 8, 2021
Journal Article

Reopening California: Seeking Robust, Non-Dominated COVID-19 Exit Strategies

This paper uses simulation models and the Robust Decision Making (RDM) approach to stress-test California's reopening strategy and other alternatives over a wide range of futures.

Nov 5, 2021
Tool

Serious Illness Survey for Home-Based Programs

RAND Corporation researchers developed and field-tested a survey to assess the experiences of individuals who receive care from programs that provide serious illness care to patients in their homes.

Nov 2, 2021
Tool

Serious Illness Survey for Home-Based Programs: Spanish-Language Version

RAND Corporation researchers developed and field-tested a survey to assess the experiences of individuals who receive care from programs that provide serious illness care to patients in their homes. This is the Spanish version of the survey tool.

Nov 2, 2021
Report

Learn Together Surveys: 2021 Technical Documentation and Survey Results

This report provides information about the sample, survey instrument, and results data for the 2021 Learn Together Surveys that were administered to secondary principals and teachers in March 2021 via the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels.

Nov 2, 2021
Journal Article

Association Between COVID-19 Relief Funds and Hospital Characteristics in the US

CARES Act funds may have disproportionately gone to hospitals that were in a stronger financial situation prior to the pandemic compared to those that were not.

Nov 2, 2021
Report

How Do Teachers Identify Supports for Struggling Students?

A survey of 6th- to 12th-grade teachers found that to determine academic needs they rely most often on information gathered from personal interactions with students and from students' performance. And more than half of them look to school and district colleagues first to learn about available interventions.

Nov 2, 2021
Report

Practice Expense Data Collection and Methodology: Phase II Final Report

In this report, the authors address how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services might improve the methodology used in practice expense (PE) rate-setting, update data that inform PE rates, or both.

Nov 1, 2021

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