10.2190/2YU5-Q7BB-U441-P38X 2YU5Q7BBU441P38X 0 SELECTION OF FACT FINDERS IN IOWA PUBLIC SECTOR LABOR DISPUTES: CHARACTERISTICS OF ACCEPTABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE NEUTRALS 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=2YU5Q7BBU441P38X 3 DAVID A. DILTS, LAWRENCE J. HABER, AND STANLEY W. ELSEA This study examines the characteristics of successful and unsuccessful fact finders in the Iowa public sector. Successful fact finders are defined as those who are acceptable and therefore selected by the parties at a rate above the mean (unsuccessful fact finders are those selected at a rate less than the mean for Iowa fact finders). The evidence for the successful fact finders indicates that the number of times they are selected is determined by the number of panels on which their names appear. For the unsuccessful group, legal training and experience are negatively correlated with selection.