증거기반 정책과정에서 서베이조사방법의 역할 탐색 = In Search of the Role of Survey Research Methods in the Evidence-based Policy Process

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The evidence-based policy process is characterized as a knowledge producing process based on scientific methods while precluding heuristic methods. Evidence-based methods which stand in sharp contrast to opinion-based methods, are conducted with analytical techniques and valid data. Survey research is one of the popular techniques that collect data as evidence in the policy process. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of survey research methods as a tool of collecting evidence in the policy process. Analyzing survey findings the central government generated for the past nine years between 2003 and 2012, this research revealed that the government utilized a variety of survey methods in the policy process, such as public opinion polls, focus group, policy demand surveys, monitoring surveys, customer satisfaction surveys, and effect surveys. It has been found that public opinion polls and focus groups are used for identifying the policy problems, policy demand surveys and public opinion polls are utilized for searching for policy alternatives, monitering surveys for process evaluations in the policy implementation process, and customer surveys for policy impact evaluations. Despite the fact that survey methods are popular and efficient techniques in the evidence-based policy process, the methods are not without limitations. The paper concludes with a discussion about the limitations of the survey methods.