Appendix 1. RAND Standards for High Quality Research

The standards were codified at RAND as a description of the quality standards for all RAND research. They are also the set of principles by which RAND research divisions and programs shape their individual quality assurance processes.

General Standards

• The problem should be well formulated;
• The research approach should be well designed and well executed;
• The data and assumptions should be sound;
• The findings should be useful and advance knowledge;
• The implications and recommendations should follow logically from the findings and be explained thoroughly;
• The documentation should be accurate, understandable, cogent and temperate in tone;
• The research should demonstrate understanding of previous related studies;
• The research should be relevant to the client and other stakeholders;
• The research should be objective, independent and balanced.

The additional standards below describe special qualities of studies that RAND uses to define its institutional legacy and resrved to describe its most outstanding research work.

Special Standards

• The research is comprehensive and integrative;
• The research is innovative;
• The research is enduring.

The motto of RAND is: Objective Analysis. Effective Solutions.

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