Assignment: Policy Outcomes

Write a six page paper in which you:

1. Construct constitutive and operational definitions for any three of the actions and outcome variables listed.

2. Identify three policy problems listed and determine an appropriate indicator or index that would help determine whether each of the identified problems are being solved through government action. Justify your position on each.

3. Construct valid rebuttals to the following argument using at least four threats to validity: (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 Speed Law of 1973) has been definitely successful in saving lives.

4. Include at least two peer-reviewed references (no more than five years old) from material outside the textbook to support your views regarding the proposed U.S. response to the conflict in Bosnia. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites. Do not use open source Websites such as Wikipedia, Sparknotes.com, Ask.com, and similar Websites are not acceptable resources.