Standards:	Research Grade Evaluation Guide (June 1964)

The RGEG is intended for use in determining grade levels of basic and applied research positions in the biological, medical, agricultural, physical, or mathematical sciences, in engineering, and in psychology. It specifically excludes positions involving research in the social sciences, such as history, economics, or anthropology. This is because research in the social sciences does not typically involve the types of investigative processes upon which the RGEG is based, i.e., experimentation and the subsequent interpretation, documentation, and reporting of findings. The GS-110 standard evaluates economist positions based on relative differences in research and analysis, program planning and administration, and consultant and advisory services. OPM found that the appellant's economic research work was covered by the criteria in the GS-110 standard. Based on an application of the GS-110 standard, OPM sustained the grade.