PUP 3002 Questions with Answers (100%
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The policy goal that addresses fairness of policy delivery and outcomes is
Answer: Equity
Three main values used to evaluate policy are Answer: effectiveness, efficiency,
and equity
"Framing" a policy proposal Answer: occurs when persons who support or
reject a policy characterize it in particular ways
Agenda setting refers to Answer: the demands leaders decide to consider
An example of "operating room politics" is Answer: debate over environmental
regulations
"Democratic" policymaking refers to Answer: the process of making public
policies in a democratic system
The goal of an analyst who is responsible for completing a policy evaluation is
to Answer: be value neutral so that she is unbiased
What are the main aspects we should keep in mind while thinking about
successful research? Tag all that apply. Answer: ideal experiment
causal relationship
identification strategy
mode of inference
What are the features of the good model? Tag all that apply Answer: logically
consistent
parsimonious
Falsifiable
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If X is getting a driving license, and Y is going on a roadtrip by yourself, what
type of condition is X for Y Answer: necessary
When we describe a person as making a rational decision in terms of personal
utility maximization, we are saying that they Answer: made a choice that
reflects their attempt to optimize their personal utility
Students who receive funding from Florida Bright Futures lose their funding if
they fail to make good grades. The legislature justifies this as a Answer:
commitment device
A Nash Equilibrium Answer: reveals each players' best response given the other
player's action
Commitment problems exist Answer: where parties cannot credibly commit to
a strategy despite its high utility
Game Theory Answer: is used to study strategic decision-making
a discount factor Answer: measures the extent to which people discount future
benefits relative to current ones
ordinal preferences Answer: order preferences according to assigned values to
outcomes that convey only relative order, but not total magnitude
To say a person has a weak preference suggests that they Answer: prefer or
indifferent between one quantity, say A, and another, say B
In a 2 by 2 Prisoner's Dilemma game, each players worst preferred outcome
Answer: is the opposite of their best preferred outcome
The present value of benefits Answer: measures what a benefit in the future is
worth to you today
What focuses on what the state of the world should be? Answer: Normative
criteria