The Role of Analysts in Public Agencies: Toward an Empirically Grounded Typology

Perceptions of Policy Capacity: A Case Study of the Prince Edward Island Public Service Using Theory and Practice

“…In particular, policy analytical capacity is often objectively measured through a bureaucrat's ability to collect quantitative data and perform statistical analysis. For example, Olejniczak, Śliwowski, and Trzciński (2015) developed an "analyst index" to quantitatively measure the analytical capacity of Polish civil servants. The index asks Likert-style questions (0=Never to 4=Every day) related to use of knowledge, generation of knowledge, use of quantitative methods, public intervention assessments, and public intervention creation.…”