Data, Apps, and Policy Guidance

In economics studies for policy guidance, the apps used to interpret the
data are normally opaque.  So, if there are errors, the policy guidance can
be misleading, but that fact can go unnoticed.

A paper entitled "Social Knowledge Transfer Using Executable English"
describes a US national economic policy example, and suggests a way of
making data apps more transparent.

You can read the paper here:

http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2013/Fall/Social-Knowledge-Transfer-Using-Executable-English