Policy-based evidence making

Okay, so policy-based evidence making is when people in charge of making decisions, like politicians or government officials, use information to make policies or rules.

But here's the tricky part: sometimes they only look for information that supports the policy they want to make, instead of looking at all the information that's available, like a scientist conducting an experiment.

Imagine you are making cookies and you want to use chocolate chips, but you only look for information about chocolate chips and don't consider other ingredients like raisins or nuts. You might end up making a cookie that's not as good as it could be.

The same thing can happen with policy-making. If decision-makers only look for information that supports their policy, they might make a rule that's not as effective, fair, or safe as it could be. That's why it's important for decision-makers to look at all the information before making a policy, just like you should consider all the ingredients when making cookies.