Task Force on Standards of Evidence and Methods
The NCDDR supports the work of a group of senior NIDRR-sponsored researchers addressing the topic of standards of evidence and methods. This task force is pursuing increasing awareness around the definition of standards of evidence in disability and rehabilitation research evidence contexts and the considerations around rigorous and research methodologies in disability and rehabilitation.
Task Force Objectives
- To consider the standards of quality for research addressing each of the three stages of knowledge: (1) discoveries and descriptions, (2) measures, methods, and theories, and (3) interventions, products or devices, and environmental adaptations.
- To consider the standards of evidence appropriate for systematic review of disability and rehabilitation research.
Task Force Members
- Matthew Bakke
- Marianne Farkas
- Mark V. Johnston (Facilitator)
- Dennis Lezotte
- Kathleen Murphy
- Sally Rogers
- Katherine Schomer
- Jean Ann Summers
- Gregg Vanderheiden
- John Westbrook (NCDDR Liaison)
- Kathy Yorkston
NIDRR Staff Contributors
- Pimjai Sudsawad
- Art Sherwood
- Margaret Campbell
In 2009, the Task Force published its first position paper entitled The Challenge of Evidence in Disability and Rehabilitation Research and Practice: A Position Paper (November, 2009).
