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

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

• Week 1 discussion 1
• The Process of Analysis ? Diagrams and Trees
  Please respond to the following
• 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.

• Week 2 Discussion 1
• Developing Policy Arguments and Debate Please
  respond to the following
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• 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.

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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 Practice

• PAD 520 Week 3 Assignment 1 Argument Mapping,
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• PAD 520 Week 3 Assignment 1 Argument
  MappingAssignment 1 Argument Mapping
• Due Week 3 and worth 150 points
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• Week 3
• Policy-Making Process Please respond to the
  following
• Take a position in support of one of the two
  statements
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• (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.

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

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

• Week 4 Discussion 1
• Structuring the Problem Please respond to the
  following
• 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.

• PAD 520 Week 5 Assignment 2 Stakeholder
  Analaysis,
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• Assignment 2 Stakeholder Analysis
• Due Week 5 and worth 150 points
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• PAD 520 Week 5 Assignment 2 Stakeholder Analaysis
  (2 Papers)

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

• PAD 520 Week 5 Assignment 2 Stakeholder
  Analaysis,
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• Assignment 2 Stakeholder Analysis
• Due Week 5 and worth 150 points

• Week 5 Discussion 1
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• Approaches to Forecasting Policy Outcomes
  Please respond to the following
• Explain at least two ways institutional,
  temporal, and historical contexts of forecasts
  affect their accuracy.
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• PAD 520 Week 6 DQ 1Prescribing Preferred Policies
  and DQ 2Saving Lives by Prescribing Policies

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

• Week 6 Discussion 1
•  
• Prescribing Preferred Policies Please respond
  to the following 

• Assignment 3 Prescribing Policies
• Due Week 7 and worth 170 points
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• Write five to six (5-6) page paper in which you
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• PAD 520 Week 7 DQ 1Monitoring Observed Policy
  Outcomes and DQ 2Monitoring through
  Experimentation

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

• Week 7 Discussion 1
• Monitoring Observed Policy Outcomes Please
  respond to the following
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•  PAD 520 Week 8 Assignment 4 Policy Outcomes,
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• Assignment 4 Policy Outcomes
• Due Week 8 and worth 110 points

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

• PAD 520 Week 9 DQ 1Communicating Policy Analysis
  and DQ 2Translating Policy Arguments

• Week 8 Discussion 1
• Evaluating Policy Performance Please respond
  to the following
• 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.
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• Week 9 Discussion 1
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• Communicating Policy Analysis Please respond to
  the following
• Assume you are a candidate for a director of
  communications for a major metropolitan county.

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

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

• PAD 520 Week 10 Assignment 5 Executive Summary,
• Assignment 5 The Executive Summary
• Due Week 10 and worth 200 points
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• Week 10 Discussion 1
• Planning Oral Briefings Please respond to the
  following
• 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.

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• PAD 520 Week 11 DQ 1Process of Analysis and
  Structuring Arguments and DQ 2Challenges

• Week 11 Discussion 1
•  Process of Analysis and Structuring Arguments
  Please respond to the following
• Discuss at least two benefits to structuring
  arguments before and while developing written
  documents.

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