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At a time when new information emerges every day, with greater speed and at a greater volume than any time in history, knowing how to find and apply research is one of a leader’s most important skills. Technology gives today’s leaders incredible access to raw data, intelligence analysis, best and promising practices, organizational histories, and much more. It is incumbent on leaders to wade through this information quickly and efficiently to determine its accuracy and relevance, and then guide others to use it. Students experiment with and apply a variety of methods designed to help them identify and assess existing research, policies, organizational studies, government data, scholarly journals, and popular articles. They apply the findings of their research to conducting agency, unit, policy, and program assessments and convey findings in practical ways to employees, executives, political leaders, and others.