To test the similarity of English- and Spanish-speaking households responses to a contingent valuation survey, phone interviews were conducted in both languages regarding two forest fire prevention programs. While there were similar response rates, there were significant differences in the most...

This paper presents a simple computational method for measuring the difference of independent empirical distributions estimated by bootstrapping or other resampling approaches. Using data from a field test of external scope in contingent valuation, this complete combinatorial method is compared...

What Is Policy Analysis, and What Is Its Role in the Policy Process? -- Scoping the Policy Analysis -- Decision Criteria and Decision Methods for Policy Analysis -- Steps in Conducting an Environmental Policy Analysis -- Modeling -- Statistical Analysis Using Regression -- Principles of...