In reflecting on changes in policy analysis, the author notes the climate of suspicion for
policy advising and some of the major errors or "sins " in the way policy analysts choose,
define, and analyze problems. All too often policy analysts and their sponsors, the users of
analysis, react to typical issues, have an investment in change, and ignore the imperatives
of the policy process.
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