The irony is that, on closer inspection, data-generating scientists cannot function without values, in particular the values of validity, reliability and comparability, whereas policy analysts who remove themselves from the world of concrete and reliable facts are simply not connecting with the world they must describe and influence.
To ensure comparability across policies, we use the same list of potential post-OPV-cessation introduction events for all policy options, and in some cases the policy choice affects whether the potential introduction takes place.
A six-month support period for ART initiates was selected to be consistent with current policy and practice and for comparability to previous research [ 13].
The definition of a essential set of indicators should be developed at least at European Level, providing an European standard to ensure the full comparability of different policies.
Where treatment is expected to impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), selecting an appropriate outcome measure frequently entails a trade-off between the sensitivity of available instruments for the disease or condition under study and the comparability (and therefore policy-relevance) of study results.
Without revealing the two logics of policy intervention, there results a lack of comparability of research findings, and this hinders a thorough empirical comparison of both approaches.
In this respect, it should be highlighted that, till January 1st, 2011, Spanish Auditing Standards regulate four types of qualifications or circumstances having an effect on the auditor's opinion: scope limitations, uncertainties, errors or non-compliance with GAAP, and changes in the accounting principles and policies applied which affect the inter-annual comparability of financial statements.1.1
"Comparability of Effort in International Climate Policy Architecture". HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-006, February 2014.
This issue of credibility and comparability holds true even if the policies behind the harvest increase are well justifiable from other perspectives (adaptation, bio-economy, stimulation of future sink, etc).
These interactions are designed to ensure cross-site comparability in the design of projects and policy relevance, and they are a conduit for ongoing advocacy.
