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This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters in this book. The book addresses policy analysts' role in the process, painting a realistic picture of what applied research brings to policy making. It provides a balanced, practical, and realistic understanding of how policy research is conducted and how it influences public decisions. The book defines policy research and introduces a framework for understanding its purpose, methods, and application. It demonstrates that there are differences of opinion on the value of policy research. The book provides an overview of three important spheres of reality that orient the policy researcher's work: problem reality, user reality, and researcher reality. It also presents a perspective on how to organize complex, real-world problems so that they are amenable to systematic, flexible, and credible analysis. The book describes the policy researcher's toolbox and options for collecting, analyzing, and designing studies that make a strong argument for credible and useful information.
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