Office of Evaluation Sciences
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The Office of Evaluation Sciences is a U.S. federal government team that applies behavioral and social science research methods to improve public programs and policies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Office of Evaluation Sciences canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T511988 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Evaluation Sciences Context triple: [U.S. General Services Administration, hasPart, Office of Evaluation Sciences]
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A.
Independent Evaluation Department
The Independent Evaluation Department is the Asian Development Bank’s autonomous unit responsible for assessing the effectiveness and impact of its policies, strategies, and operations.
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B.
Office of Policy Development and Research
The Office of Policy Development and Research is a research and policy analysis division within the U.S. federal government that studies housing and urban development issues to inform national housing policy and programs.
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C.
Division of Policy, Evaluation and Training
The Division of Policy, Evaluation and Training is a specialized unit within the UN Department of Safety and Security responsible for developing security policies, assessing their effectiveness, and providing training to enhance safety and security practices across the United Nations system.
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D.
Office of Economic Research
The Office of Economic Research is a unit that conducts economic analysis and research to support the regulatory and policy work of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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E.
Institute of Education Sciences
The Institute of Education Sciences is the independent research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. federal education system, responsible for providing rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Evaluation Sciences Target entity description: The Office of Evaluation Sciences is a U.S. federal government team that applies behavioral and social science research methods to improve public programs and policies.
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A.
Independent Evaluation Department
The Independent Evaluation Department is the Asian Development Bank’s autonomous unit responsible for assessing the effectiveness and impact of its policies, strategies, and operations.
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B.
Office of Policy Development and Research
The Office of Policy Development and Research is a research and policy analysis division within the U.S. federal government that studies housing and urban development issues to inform national housing policy and programs.
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C.
Division of Policy, Evaluation and Training
The Division of Policy, Evaluation and Training is a specialized unit within the UN Department of Safety and Security responsible for developing security policies, assessing their effectiveness, and providing training to enhance safety and security practices across the United Nations system.
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D.
Office of Economic Research
The Office of Economic Research is a unit that conducts economic analysis and research to support the regulatory and policy work of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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E.
Institute of Education Sciences
The Institute of Education Sciences is the independent research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. federal education system, responsible for providing rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
behavioral science unit
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federal government program ⓘ social science research team ⓘ |
| activity |
designing interventions
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evaluating program changes ⓘ testing interventions ⓘ translating research into practice ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve communication with the public
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improve decision-making in government programs ⓘ increase program take-up ⓘ reduce administrative burdens in public programs ⓘ |
| appliesDiscipline |
behavioral science
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social science ⓘ |
| appliesMethod |
data analysis
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field experiments ⓘ quasi-experimental methods ⓘ randomized controlled trials ⓘ |
| composition |
behavioral scientists
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policy analysts ⓘ social scientists ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. federal government
|
| field |
applied research
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implementation science ⓘ policy evaluation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
behavioral insights
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evidence-based policymaking ⓘ improving public policies ⓘ improving public programs ⓘ policy design ⓘ policy implementation ⓘ program evaluation ⓘ |
| goal |
to improve outcomes for the public
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to increase the effectiveness of government services ⓘ to increase the efficiency of government programs ⓘ |
| knowledgeDomain |
behavioral public policy
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program evaluation ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| mission | to apply behavioral and social science research methods to improve public programs and policies ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | interdisciplinary team ⓘ |
| usesTheory |
behavioral economics
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psychology ⓘ public administration ⓘ social psychology ⓘ |
| worksWith |
U.S. federal agencies
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policy makers ⓘ program administrators ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Office of Evaluation Sciences Description of subject: The Office of Evaluation Sciences is a U.S. federal government team that applies behavioral and social science research methods to improve public programs and policies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.