This is a collaborative project. The project is directed by Deborah Mayo and N Cartwright. It is sponsored by the Mayo-Chatfield Fund for the Study of E.R.R.O.R.S (Experimental Reasoning, Reliability, Objectivity and Rationality of Science), based at the University of Virginia Tech.There are two wings in this project:
a) Statistics and evidence, led by D. Mayo.
It explores the current landscape in philosophical foundations of statistics and the use of statistical methods in evidence-based practice and policy (e.g., medicine, economics).
b) Evidence Based Policy in International Development (EID), led by Nancy Cartwright.
The international development arena provides an important challenge for the discussions of EBP. While problems are generally identified and policies are formulated, the contexts of implementation are widely diverse. Furthermore, people's everyday lives in these diverse contexts challenge any simplistic articulation or production of evidence for a general policy concern.