Assignment 4: Policy Analysis
Chapter 6: Review question 4
4. Construct constitutive and operational definitions for any five of the following action and outcome variables:
| Program expenditure | Equality of educational opportunity |
| Personnel turnover | National security |
| Health services | Work incentives |
| Quality of life | Pollution |
| Satisfaction with municipal services | Energy consumption |
| Income distribution | Rapport with clients |
Chapter 6: Review Question 5
5. The following table lists several policy problems. For five of these problems, provide an indicator or index that would help determine whether these problems are being solved through government action.
| Work alienation | School dropouts |
| Crime | Poverty |
| Energy crisis | Fiscal crisis |
| Inflation | Racial discrimination |
Chapter 6: Review Question 13
13. Using at least four threats to validity, construct rebuttals to the following argument: (B) The greater the cost of an alternative, the less likely it is that the alternative will be pursued. (W) The enforcement of the maximum speed limit of 55 mph increases the costs of exceeding the speed limit. (I) The mileage death rate fell from 4.3 to 3.6 deaths per 100 million miles after the implementation of the 55 mph speed limit. (C) The 55 mph speed limit (National Maximum Speed Law of 1973) has been definitely successful in saving lives. Study Figure 6.13 before you begin
Figure 6.13
Fig 6.13
