PUBH 6012 Exam 2 TEST | QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | JUST RELEASED (LATEST TEST)
Prospective Policy Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-- Also called ex ante, pre hoc, anticipatory
- Includes predictive and prescriptive analysis
- Main approaches are policy options analysis and policy simulation or forecasting
models
Predictive Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-projection of future states resulting from adopting
particular alternatives
Prescriptive Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-recommends actions because they will bring about
a particular result
Descriptive Policy. Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-- Also called ex-pot, post hoc
- Main approaches include retrospective analysis, evaluative analysis, and economic
analysis
Retrospective Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-descriptive interpretation of past policies;
descriptive focus on implementation
,Evaluative Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-evaluation of the impact of the policy on desired
outcomes; did the policy "work?"
Economic Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-CBA, CEA, CUA; what value was achieved for the
resources expended?
•Understand the tools available for government intervention, and limitations of public
policy
•Know how to gather, organize, and effectively communicate information when
dealing with incomplete and near-term deadlines
•Quickly understand policy problems and full range of potential solutions
•Forecast potential impacts, costs, and benefits of policies and alternative solutions
•Possess technical analytical skills to evaluate the consequences of alternative policies
(statistics, cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, decision analysis, etc.)
•Understand political and organizational behavior to be able to predict and perhaps
influence the adoption and successful implementation of policies
•Possess an ethical framework that can be used to address conflicts between clients and
the broader public interest - ANSWER✔✔-Policy Analysts need to....
•"Back of the envelope" calculations
•Descriptive statistics
•Forecasting methods
, •Simulations
•Markov models
•Life tables
•Decision trees
•Flow charts
•Queuing models
•Evaluation research
•Cost-benefit analysis
•Cost-effectiveness analysis
•Cost-utility analysis
Policy options analysis - ANSWER✔✔-Name some techniques for policy analysis and
policy research
to find the most efficient means of achieving desired objectives - ANSWER✔✔-Purpose
of CBA, CEA, and CUA
to minimize resource consumption in achieving the objective or maximize the amount
of objective achieved given a fixed expenditure of resources in order to preserve
resources for other valued and valuable uses - ANSWER✔✔-Goal of CBA, CEA, and
CUA
CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | JUST RELEASED (LATEST TEST)
Prospective Policy Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-- Also called ex ante, pre hoc, anticipatory
- Includes predictive and prescriptive analysis
- Main approaches are policy options analysis and policy simulation or forecasting
models
Predictive Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-projection of future states resulting from adopting
particular alternatives
Prescriptive Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-recommends actions because they will bring about
a particular result
Descriptive Policy. Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-- Also called ex-pot, post hoc
- Main approaches include retrospective analysis, evaluative analysis, and economic
analysis
Retrospective Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-descriptive interpretation of past policies;
descriptive focus on implementation
,Evaluative Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-evaluation of the impact of the policy on desired
outcomes; did the policy "work?"
Economic Analysis - ANSWER✔✔-CBA, CEA, CUA; what value was achieved for the
resources expended?
•Understand the tools available for government intervention, and limitations of public
policy
•Know how to gather, organize, and effectively communicate information when
dealing with incomplete and near-term deadlines
•Quickly understand policy problems and full range of potential solutions
•Forecast potential impacts, costs, and benefits of policies and alternative solutions
•Possess technical analytical skills to evaluate the consequences of alternative policies
(statistics, cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, decision analysis, etc.)
•Understand political and organizational behavior to be able to predict and perhaps
influence the adoption and successful implementation of policies
•Possess an ethical framework that can be used to address conflicts between clients and
the broader public interest - ANSWER✔✔-Policy Analysts need to....
•"Back of the envelope" calculations
•Descriptive statistics
•Forecasting methods
, •Simulations
•Markov models
•Life tables
•Decision trees
•Flow charts
•Queuing models
•Evaluation research
•Cost-benefit analysis
•Cost-effectiveness analysis
•Cost-utility analysis
Policy options analysis - ANSWER✔✔-Name some techniques for policy analysis and
policy research
to find the most efficient means of achieving desired objectives - ANSWER✔✔-Purpose
of CBA, CEA, and CUA
to minimize resource consumption in achieving the objective or maximize the amount
of objective achieved given a fixed expenditure of resources in order to preserve
resources for other valued and valuable uses - ANSWER✔✔-Goal of CBA, CEA, and
CUA
