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• QNT 562 Week 1 Individual Assignment Clearly
  Stated Research Questions
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• Assess the following research questions for
  clarity of purpose, appropriateness of scope, and
  their ability to be researched
• Is the city management form of
  government better than the mayor and council form
  of government?
• Is Kelsey keeping pace with US cities
  of similar size?
• Do Master of Public Administration
  programs equip graduates to be superior
  governmental employees?

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• QNT 562 Week 2 Individual Assignment Research
  Designs for Policy Analysis
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• Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words,
  distinguishing various forms of policy analysis,
  seen in Figures 1.1 and 1.2 in Ch. 1 of Public
  Policy Analysis,in which you do the following
• Articulate why you think a descriptive
  or explanatory research design would be most
  appropriate for each form of policy analysis.
• Include all eight forms of policy
  analysis addressed in Ch. 1 of Public Policy
  Analysis.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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• QNT 562 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Survey
  Administration Plan
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• All key elements of the assignment are covered in
  a substantive way.
• Clearly stated research question
• Includes 10 to 12 clear, well-constructed survey
  items based on the question
• Distribution plan proposal
• Discussion of adequate and inadequate sampling
  plans
• Identification of possible validity and
  reliability issues
• Discussion of how validity and reliability are
  ensured
• Identification of ethical Issues associated with
  data collection

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• QNT 562 Week 3 Individual Assignment Models of
  Policy Change 
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• You have been asked by the mayor of Kelsey to
  make a presentation to the City Council on the
  models of policy change.
• Prepare an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation that does the following
• Inform the City Council of the eight
  models of policy change, as presented in the
  Models of Policy Change section in Ch. 2 of
  Public Policy Analysis.
• Describe how you think each model may
  be best related to a problem-structuring method,
  as presented in the Methods of Problem
  Structuring section in Chapter 3 of Public Policy
  Analysis.

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• QNT 562 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Survey
  Administration Plan 
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• Your team has been asked by the mayor and the
  Kelsey City Council to prepare a survey
  administration plan to get a feel for public
  opinion about the Stanley Park project. Clearly
  state your main research questions before
  creating your survey instrument. Also, be sure
  the data collected is at least at the interval
  level, so descriptive and inferential statistics
  may be used for its analysis.
• Resource City of Kelsey Virtual Organization
  (The City of Kelsey Virtual Organization is an
  Apollo Group, Inc. learning tool that allows
  students to apply what they have learned in a
  real-world context using realistic data.)
• Access the Virtual Organizations government
  portal. Click the City of Kelsey seal and choose
  the City Government tab at the top of the page.
  Review the Stanley Park Project file.
• Prepare a survey administration plan in which you
  do the following
• Create at least 10-12 survey questions.

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• QNT 562 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Economic
  Vitality Index 
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• Your team has been asked by the Economic
  Development Department of Kelsey to compare
  Kelsey against another US city of similar size
  within a range of plus or minus 15 of the
  population of Kelsey. To do the comparison, your
  team must prepare graphical and numerical
  descriptive statistics for each city and create
  an index for comparing the economic vitality of
  medium-sized municipalities in the United States.
  Economic vitality is not a standard measure in
  this activity, you must decide what data shows
  economic vitality.
• Resource City of Kelsey Virtual Organization
• Access the Virtual Organizations government
  portal. Click the City of Kelsey seal and choose
  the City Government tab at the top of the page.
  Review the Kelsey Profile and the Kelsey
  Comprehensive Annual Financial Report June 2005.

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• QNT 562 Week 6 Individual Assignment Models of
  Policy Change Tax Revenues Policy Memo and
  Presentation 
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• The Director of Budget and Finance has asked you
  to prepare a policy memo and a presentation to
  the Kelsey City Council to explain and forecast
  the major sources of Kelseys tax revenue for the
  upcoming year.
• Resource City of Kelsey Virtual Organization
• Access the Virtual Organizations government
  portal. Click the City of Kelsey seal and choose
  the City Government tab at the top of the page.
  Review the Kelsey Profile and the Kelsey
  Comprehensive Annual Financial Report June 2005.

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