Innovation at RAND starts at the very cornerstone of our research: our methodologies.
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For more than 70 years, RAND’s commitment to quality and objectivity has been a constant.
But our approaches to research—and the methodologies that ground them—are continually evolving to keep up with the rapidly changing world around us.
We believe that innovative research processes can unlock the full range of policy solutions to today’s most pressing challenges.
The Methods Centers
At RAND, we proactively maintain our innovative edge through our Methods Centers.
These centers represent our continued commitment to the type of methodological and analytical innovation the policy community needs.
And we make it happen with a multidisciplinary team of RAND researchers who understand that policy problems are best solved through the creative and careful application of the right research methods.
The PHRESH project examines how neighborhood characteristics—like access to fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats—could make residents more or less healthy.
States that put into effect the most restrictive combination of three common gun policies—regulating the way people use, carry and store their firearms—could see a small but meaningful reduction of firearm deaths.
Black babies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—and across America—face much higher mortality rates than white babies. Researchers pulled together thousands of data points on more than 150,000 births to better predict who is at risk and how to help them.
Bayesian Improved Surname and Geocoding (BISG) is a methodology developed by the RAND Corporation that can help U.S. organizations produce accurate, cost-effective estimates of racial and ethnic disparities within datasets—and illuminate areas for improvement.
