Humble Analysis: The Practice of Joint Fact-Finding

Preface Introduction: Motivations and Concepts Joint Fact Finding Analytical Angst Fundamental Choices Six Hundred Bosses: Serving Multiple Decision-Makers Assessing Technology for the U.S. Congress Institutional Factors Affecting Analysts Sharing the Work: Mixed Participation in Analysis Comparing Environmental Risks USEPA's Unfinished Business Washington's Environment 2010 California's Toward the 21st Century Minnesota's Risk-Based Environmental Priorities Procedural Factors Affecting Analysts Establishing a Dialogue: Multiple Decision-Makers and Mixed Participation in Analysis Analyzing New England's Electricity Alternatives Analysis in Context Evaluating NEP Methodological Factors Affecting Analysts Synthesis: The Practice of Joint Fact Finding Lessons Learned Elements of Successful Joint Fact Finding Bibliography Index