This is particularly important for commissioned research which requires researchers to respond to an a priori research brief.
In a recent research brief, the Nasa Air Quality Applied Sciences Team alluded to this problem.
Students have tried petitions, research briefs, faculty letters, camping for a week on campus.
By midafternoon, the Republican National Committee had rushed out a corrective to Hume's lapse into graciousness: an electronic "research briefing" titled "Hillary: No Laughing Matter".
She decided to find out exactly how old Pommade Divine was and sent a research brief out to the history departments of 10 UK universities.
But the research brief released today, titled "Investing in Our Future," makes clear that this is a narrow way to look at things.
The research brief was based on data from the California Health Interview Survey gathered in 2003, 2005 and 2007 by the Center for Health Policy Research at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The research brief points to evaluations of early-childhood education programs in Tulsa, Okla., and Boston, which found large gains in math and reading among participants.
As the research brief notes, "only a minority of preschool programs are observed to provide excellent quality, and levels of instructional support are especially low".
The research brief is largely based on a recent conference call with Steve Lewis, an industry expert with Willis, a major insurance broker.
