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• PAD 520 Week 1 DQ 1 The Process of Analysis and
  DQ 2 Critical

• PAD 520 Week 2 DQ 1 Developing Policy Arguments
  and Debate

• From the case study, Case 1.3, compare and
  contrast the benefits of the influence diagram
  and decision tree displayed in Figure C1.3.
  Explain why these two problem representations are
  good examples of descriptive and normative
  decision theory.
• Refer to your first discussions answer and
  analyze the differences between monitoring and
  evaluation in policy analysis. Provide at least
  one example to support your response.

• Develop a policy argument or claim that is
  definitive, designative, evaluative, and
  advocative, using one of these terms (a) crime,
  (b) pollution, (c) terrorism, (d) quality of
  life, (e) global warming, (f) fiscal crisis, (g)
  human rights, and (h) unemployment.
• Convert the argument in the first discussion into
  a policy debate by providing an objection and a
  rebuttal.

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• PAD 520 Week 3 Assignment 1 Argument Mapping (2
  Papers)

• PAD 520 Week 3 DQ 1Policy-Making Process and DQ
  2Analysis in

• PAD 520 Week 3 Assignment 1 Argument Mapping,
• PAD 520 Week 3 Assignment 1 Argument
  MappingAssignment 1 Argument Mapping
• Due Week 3 and worth 150 points
• Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which
  you
• (Note Refer to Demonstration Exercise 3 located
  at the end of Chapter 1 for criteria 1-3.)

• Take a position in support of one of the two
  statements
• (a) Policy analysts should research the issues
  and determine the fundamental causes of social
  problems such as crime, poverty, or homelessness
  and then recommend solutions.
• (b) Policy analysts should develop implementable
  policies to address social problems such as crime,

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• PAD 520 Week 4 DQ 1Structuring the Problem and DQ
  2Models

• PAD 520 Week 5 Assignment 2 Stakeholder Analaysis
  (2 Papers)

• Examine Box 3.0 Conducting a Stakeholder
  Analysis. Choose one (1) policy issue in the U.S.
  and generate a list of at least five (5)
  stakeholders who affect or are affected by
  problems in the issue area. Next, apply the
  procedures for a stakeholder analysis. Note
  Refer to page 111 in the text for a step-by-step
  process.

• This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
• PAD 520 Week 5 Assignment 2 Stakeholder
  Analaysis,
• Assignment 2 Stakeholder Analysis
• Due Week 5 and worth 150 points
• Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which
  you

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• PAD 520 Week 5 DQ 1Approaches to Forecasting
  Policy Outcomes

• PAD 520 Week 6 DQ 1Prescribing Preferred Policies
  and DQ 2Saving

• Explain at least two ways institutional,
  temporal, and historical contexts of forecasts
  affect their accuracy.
• Describe a real or hypothetical situation that
  requires someone to make a policy decision. Then,
  select one of the three approaches to forecasting
  to apply extrapolative, theoretical, or
  judgmental. Provide at least two reasons for your
  selection of the forecasting approach.

• Explain two of the six criteria for policy
  prescription, (a) effectiveness, (b) efficiency,
  (c) adequacy, (d) equity, (e) responsiveness, and
  (f) appropriateness. Then, describe a real or
  hypothetical public policy issue and select which
  of the two criteria you believe would be the most
  beneficial to use in deciding a policy. Provide
  at least two reasons for your selection.

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• PAD 520 Week 7 Assignment 3 Prescribing Policies
  (2 Papers)

• PAD 520 Week 7 DQ 1Monitoring Observed Policy
  Outcomes and DQ

• This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
• Assignment 3 Prescribing Policies
• Due Week 7 and worth 170 points
• Write five to six (5-6) page paper in which you
• (Note Refer to Review Question 8 located at the
  end of Chapter 5 for criteria 1-3.)

• Discuss the relationship between ill-structured
  problems and approaches to monitoring. Then,
  describe a real or hypothetical problem and
  recommend at least one effective way to monitor
  the policy outcomes. Support your position.

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• PAD 520 Week 8 Assignment 4 Policy Outcomes (2
  Papers)

• PAD 520 Week 8 DQ 1Evaluating Policy Performance
  and DQ 2Moral

• This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
• PAD 520 Week 8 Assignment 4 Policy Outcomes,
• Assignment 4 Policy Outcomes
• Due Week 8 and worth 110 points
• Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which
  you
• (Note Refer to Chapter 6 Review Question 4 for
  criterion 1.)

• Compare and contrast methods of evaluation and
  prescription in terms of time and the types of
  claims produced by each. Provide examples to
  support your response.
• Assume you are a program director who must
  propose an effective evaluation of your programs
  performance. Compare and contrast formative and
  summative evaluation, and determine which one
  will provide performance information that would
  be most useful to policy makers.

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• PAD 520 Week 9 DQ 1Communicating Policy Analysis

• PAD 520 Week 10 Assignment 5 Executive Summary (2
  Papers)

• Assume you are a candidate for a director of
  communications for a major metropolitan county.
  The job will require you to communicate to the
  public about public policy regarding
  transportation, environmental issues, education,
  taxes, as well as economic development. Explain
  at least three reasons and ways written and oral
  communication are important, and should be used
  to ensure public policy analyses are promoted and
  accepted by the general public.

• This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
• PAD 520 Week 10 Assignment 5 Executive Summary,
• Assignment 5 The Executive Summary
• Due Week 10 and worth 200 points
• Preparation
• Research any of following Websites as you prepare
  this assignment Governmental Accounting Office,

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• PAD 520 Week 10 DQ 1Planning Oral Briefings and
  DQ 2White

• PAD 520 Week 11 DQ 1Process of Analysis and
  Structuring Arguments

• Assume the governor has asked you to present an
  oral briefing on a controversial environmental
  program to a board of commissioners of a major
  county in the state. Three of the nine
  commissioners oppose the program and have experts
  on their staff who generally accompany them to
  meetings. Recommend three actions to take before
  the briefing and two key actions as you present
  the recommendation. Provide reasons to support
  your response.

• Discuss at least two benefits to structuring
  arguments before and while developing written
  documents.
• Highlight at least two concepts or skills of
  public policy analysis you learned in this class
  and that you believe you can apply in your
  current or future career.

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