Assignment: Policy Analysis Worksheet- Defining Criteria and Planning Analysis
In your own document, answer the following questions.
I. Establish Evaluative Criteria - Here you need to establish exactly how you will be assessing the options available to you. Choose three criteria and operationalize them - that is, what does each mean in this case? Finally, what indicator or measure will you use to project each?
i. Criterion 1:
a. Operational Definition
b. Indicator or Measure
ii. Criterion 2:
a. Operational Definition
b. Indicator or Measure
iii. Criterion 3:
a. Operational Definition
b. Indicator or Measure
II. Develop the Analysis Plan
i. How are you performing the analysis? What exactly will you be looking at and what are you looking for? This is a brief statement of which policy alternatives you are considering and which criteria you are using to weigh them.
ii. What are the potential conditions? That is, for each operationalized criterion, what would different results mean?
a. Criterion 1: How do you define positive, neutral and negative potential outcomes?
b. Criterion 2: How do you define positive, neutral and negative potential outcomes?
c. Criterion 3: How do you define positive, neutral and negative potential outcomes?
iii. How will you make your projections of potential outcomes? What will you do to estimate the potential merits of each policy?
iv. Set up a rough analysis matrix (table provide with the worksheet).
Policy Analysis Matrix
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Policy Alternative 1
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Policy Alternative 2
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Null
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Criterion 2
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Criterion 3
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Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.