Can policy makers listen to researchers? An application of the design experiment methodology to a local drugs policy intervention
报告了英国首个设计实验，通过密集观察干预措施来改进实施，发现政策制定者不愿使用研究者反馈，但项目工作者在日常决策中回应了这些信号。
This article reports the UK's first design experiment, a qualitative form of policy evaluation using feedback from intensive observations of an intervention to improve its implementation. The application presented in the article is a local authority programme of intensive support and diversionary activities for a small group of problematic substance users. The article discusses how the experiment took place and focuses on the reluctance of policy makers to use feedback from researchers, who found that advocacy and one-toone support were more beneficial than diversionary activities. Nonetheless, in time the project's workers responded to these signals in their day-to-day decisions. To address the feedback gap, the conclusion stresses the importance of ensuring multiple information flows within design experiments.