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PAD 520 Week 1 DQ 1 The Process of Analysis and
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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.
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PAD 520 Week 2 DQ 1 Developing Policy Arguments
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Arguments and Debate Please respond to the
following 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
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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.)
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PAD 520 Week 3 DQ 1Policy-Making Process and DQ
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3 Policy-Making Process Please respond to the
following 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, poverty, or homelessness without research
to determine the cause(s). Support your position
with examples or evidence.
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PAD 520 Week 4 DQ 1Structuring the Problem and DQ
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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. From the e-Activity,
provide at least two examples from the article
and from your own experience of ways that
worldviews, ideologies, and popular myths may
have shaped the formulation
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PAD 520 Week 5 Assignment 2 Stakeholder Analaysis
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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 (Note Refer to Review Question 8
located at the end of Chapter 3 for criteria 1-3.
Select two (2) editorials / essays / columns (by
staff or freelance writers) on a current issue of
public policy from two (2) different publications
(large metropolitan or national newspaper such as
Washington Post or the New York Times or national
magazines such as NewsWeek, Time, and The New
Republic.)
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PAD 520 Week 5 DQ 1Approaches to Forecasting
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Discussion 1 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. 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.
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PAD 520 Week 6 DQ 1Prescribing Preferred Policies
and DQ 2Saving Lives by Prescribing
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Discussion 1 Prescribing Preferred Policies
Please respond to the following 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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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.) Determine the following before deciding a
prescription (a) maximize effectiveness at the
least cost (b) maximize effectiveness at a fixed
cost of 10,000 (c) achieve a fixed-effectiveness
level of 6,000 units of service at a fixed cost
of 20,000 (d) maximize net benefits, assuming
that each unit of service has a market price of
10 (e) maximize the ration of benefits to
costs, assuming that each unit of service has a
market price of 10.
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PAD 520 Week 7 DQ 1Monitoring Observed Policy
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Discussion 1 Monitoring Observed Policy
Outcomes Please respond to the following
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. Use
at least two threats to validity and develop a
rebuttal to two of the following statements (a)
The greater the cost of an alternative, the less
likely it is that the alternative will be
pursued.
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PAD 520 Week 8 Assignment 4 Policy Outcomes (2
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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.) Construct
constitutive and operational definitions for any
three (3) of the actions and outcome variables
listed in the shaded box under Review Question 1
at the end of Chapter 6. (NoteThe box includes
Program expenditure, Equality of educational
opportunity, Energy consumption, etc.)
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PAD 520 Week 8 DQ 1Evaluating Policy Performance
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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. 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. Provide reasons and at least one example
to support your response.
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PAD 520 Week 9 DQ 1Communicating Policy Analysis
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Analysis Please respond to the following 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.
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PAD 520 Week 10 Assignment 5 Executive Summary (2
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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, located
atgao.gov , www.publicagenda.org RAND
Corporation, located at http//www.rand.org/
Policy Library, located at http//www.policylibrar
y.com/ American Enterprise Institute, located
at http//www.aei.org Cato Institute, located
athttp//www.cato.org Economic Policy Institute,
located at
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PAD 520 Week 10 DQ 1Planning Oral Briefings and
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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.
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.
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PAD 520 Week 11 DQ 1Process of Analysis and
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of Analysis and Structuring Arguments Please
respond to the following 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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