PAD 520 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION

PAD 520 WEEK 5 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 5 DISCUSSION 2

"Types of Forecasting" Please respond to the following:

• Debate It: Take a position for or against this statement: It is better to be approximately right than exactly wrong. Provide at least two reasons and one hypothetical example to support your position. 
• From the case study, Case 4.2, and Box 4.1, analyze the history of MARTA and data receipts. Then, recommend an equitable policy for the generation of sufficient revenue to maintain and expand the system. Provide at least two reasons to support your proposal. Hypothesize at least two objections to the policy. 

PAD 520 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION

PAD 520 WEEK 5 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. 

PAD 520 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION 2

"Types of Forecasting" Please respond to the following:

• Debate It: Take a position for or against this statement: It is better to be approximately right than exactly wrong. Provide at least two reasons and one hypothetical example to support your position. 
• From the case study, Case 4.2, and Box 4.1, analyze the history of MARTA and data receipts. Then, recommend an equitable policy for the generation of sufficient revenue to maintain and expand the system. Provide at least two reasons to support your proposal. Hypothesize at least two objections to the policy. 

PAD 520 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION

PAD 520 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.
• 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 of a specific problem or issue. Provide the source(s) of the paper or report you selected.

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PAD 520 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION  2

Models and Structuring" Please respond to the following:

• Review Question 6 and select one of the ill-structured problems taken from the journal Policy Analysis (now the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Under the title “Department of Unintended Consequences”. Analyze the problem; then, provide an example on how classification analysis, hierarchy analysis, and synectics might be used to structure the problem you selected. Identify the problem you selected in your discussion with one of the following key phrases: (a) Egyptian agriculture, (b) ecologists and field mice, (c) San Francisco’s North Beach parking. 
• From the case study, Case 3.1, analyze the problem; then, provide two key differences in data collection represented by the process of group interviewing and content analysis. Take a position on which data collection method is better. Provide at least two reasons for your position.

PAD 520 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION

PAD 520 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.
• 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 of a specific problem or issue. Provide the source(s) of the paper or report you selected.

PAD 520 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION  2

Models and Structuring" Please respond to the following:

• Review Question 6 and select one of the ill-structured problems taken from the journal Policy Analysis (now the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Under the title “Department of Unintended Consequences”. Analyze the problem; then, provide an example on how classification analysis, hierarchy analysis, and synectics might be used to structure the problem you selected. Identify the problem you selected in your discussion with one of the following key phrases: (a) Egyptian agriculture, (b) ecologists and field mice, (c) San Francisco’s North Beach parking. 
• From the case study, Case 3.1, analyze the problem; then, provide two key differences in data collection represented by the process of group interviewing and content analysis. Take a position on which data collection method is better. Provide at least two reasons for your position.

PAD 520 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION

PAD 520 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 1

PAD 520 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 2

DQ 1 

"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.
• From the case study, Case 2.1, debate two pros and two cons of evidence-based policy making, by considering the concepts of “ technocratic guidance” and “technocratic counsel.”

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DQ 2

"Analysis in Practice" Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, provide two reasons and / or examples of what makes the paper or report you selected of high technical quality. Provide the source(s) of the article you selected.
• From the e-Activity, provide two examples from the same article that illustrate how the analysis changes the status quo.

PAD 520 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION

PAD 520 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 1

PAD 520 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 2

DQ 1 

"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.
• From the case study, Case 2.1, debate two pros and two cons of evidence-based policy making, by considering the concepts of “ technocratic guidance” and “technocratic counsel.”

DQ 2

"Analysis in Practice" Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, provide two reasons and / or examples of what makes the paper or report you selected of high technical quality. Provide the source(s) of the article you selected.
• From the e-Activity, provide two examples from the same article that illustrate how the analysis changes the status quo.