การรักษาความน่าเชื่อถือProtecting political credibility
Like social science research, policy research is eventually subject to criticism on intellectual grounds. But unlike social science research, it is much more vulnerable on political grounds, and indeed, is vulnerable to attack by the very subjects of the study. In social science research the subjects rarely become significant critics of the product, but in policy research their criticism is inevitable. Therefore, the researcher should take steps to protect the ultimate political credibility of his work from politically motivated as well as strictly intellectual attack.