They have also been used by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration. Independent Validation of Expert Opinion. Indirect Support, Cream Rises. Some agencies and many fields base recognition of the best on the receipt of awards for outstanding products and outstanding performance or production. Receiving a grant, or an award by a prestigious professional group are equated by some with exemplary results at the end.
Undefined boundaries refers to the problem of identifying the pool.
The use of a nomination process is usually used to deal with this issue. The issue of non-comparable goals is the old problem of comparing apples and oranges. Some programs and practices that work well in a few sites may not work when extended to serve all persons or an entire region, because the demand for resources is greater than supply. In other cases, results may be less when there is movement away from the original project conditions. These are the vulnerabilities of saturation and dilution.