Capabilities

• Benefit cost analysis: assessing whether or not a choice makes sense from a societal perspective, often applied to regulatory analyses
• Business case analysis: analyzing a technology or program from the perspective of industry to identify the likelihood of companies choosing to take an action voluntarily
• Industry analysis: developing an understanding of an industry in terms of cost structures, supply, demand, and behaviors such as pricing or negotiation
• Econometric modeling: using statistical techniques to quantify relationships between explanatory factors, such as policies, and outcomes of interest
• Forecasting: using statistical techniques to predict
• Survey research: using qualitative and quantitative methods to gather primary information, such as travel behavior
• Program evaluation: applying all of the other capabilities described to assess programs and recommend ways to be more effective and efficient