This chapter focuses on the response to the Family Cap research. The critical assessment of research methods and findings began in earnest at several Washington-based Think Tanks with the publication of the final reports. The most stinging critique came from several scholar/researchers based at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). It is through this critique that the author gained an appreciation for the distinction between the tangible and the dismissive approaches to research criticism.
Keywords: Family Cap, welfare reform, social policy research, Think Tanks,