Lester David
Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jimmie Leeds Road, P.O. Box 195, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2005 Jun;96(3 Pt 1):799-804. doi: 10.2466/pr0.96.3.799-804.
The reasons the social sciences do not have an effect on public policies are discussed, including that there are conflicting results, the effect of scholars' biases on their research, and a desire to keep the social sciences value-free.