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Evaluating Alternatives
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Topics
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 | Finding & analyzing data |
| Comparing outcomes rather than alternatives |
| Displaying data using goals/alternatives/outcomes matrices |
| Sensitivity analysis |
| Forecasting & trend extrapolation |
| Decision trees |
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Readings
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| Bardach, 27 - 46 |
| Patton & Sawicki, 257 - 361 |
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Lecture Notes
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Web Resources
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Books of Possible Interest
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are a wide variety of books describing different approaches to evaluating
alternatives and different ways to develop research
designs, collect data, and analyze data including: |
| Neustadt,
Richard E. and Ernest R. May. 1986. Thinking
in Time: The Uses of History for Decisionmakers. New York, NY: The
Free Press. |
| Weiner,
David L. and Aidan R. Vining. 1992. Policy
Analysis: Concepts and Practice. Second Edition. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall. |
| Quade,
E. S.. 1989. Analysis for Public
Decisions. Third Edition.
Revised edition by Grace M. Carter. New York, NY: Elsevier
Science Publishing Co. |
| Patton,
Carl V. and David S. Sawicki. 1993. Basic
Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning. Second Edition. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. |
| Majone,
Giandomenico. 1993. Evidence,
Argument, and Persuasion in
the Policy Process. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press |
| Rossi,
Peter H. and Howard E. Freeman. 1993. Evaluation:
A
Systematic Approach. Fifth Edition. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE
publications |
| Singleton,
Royce A., Jr., Bruce C. Straits, and Margaret Miller Straits. 1993. Approaches
to Social Research. Second
Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press |
| Cook,
Thomas D. and Donald T. Campbell. 1979. Quasi-Experimentation:
Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Boston, MA:
Houghton Mifflin Company. |
| Roe,
Emery. 1994. Narrative Policy
Analysis: Theory and Practice. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. |
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