Policy Outcomes

1. Construct constitutive and operational definitions for any three of the actions and outcome variables listed- Program expenditure, Equality of educational opportunity, Energy consumption

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. Work alienation, School dropouts, Poverty.

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 probable it is that the alternative will be pursued. (W) The implementation of the maximum speed limit 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 definitely successful in saving lives.