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A Strategy for Assessing Science:

Behavioral and Social Research on Aging

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Size: 176 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2006

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Committee on Assessing Behavioral and Social Science Research on Aging, Irwin Feller and Paul C. Stern, editors, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-6	(skim)
1 The Purpose of the Study	7-19	(skim)
2 The NIA Behavioral and Social Science Research Program	20-39	(skim)
3 The Stakes in Research Assessment	40-66	(skim)
4 Progress in Science	67-94	(skim)
5 Methods of Assessing Science	95-123	(skim)
6 Conclusions and Recommendations	124-136	(skim)
References	137-156	(skim)
Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	157-162	(skim)

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