You have defined your problem, success, and identified policy alternatives. Now, you will establish your evaluative criteria. Evaluative criteria are the specific parameters upon which you will be judging the policy options available to you. It is necessary to define each criterion and operationalize it by describing what each criteria means in terms of your specific policy problem, and identifying sources of data that you will be using to inform your analysis.
In the attached worksheet, you will respond to the prompts to name, define and justify the options you are considering.
Once your alternatives are established, you will lay out your analysis plan. Rigorously planning your analysis at the outset is essential. You will describe how you are performing your analysis, defining the potential outcomes of each criterion, and describe the method you will use to project the potential outcomes in your analysis. Finally, you will set up a rough analysis matrix that will assist you in your analysis. A blank Analysis Matrix is provided as a word document for your ease of use.
In your own word document, you will answer the specific prompts in the attached worksheet. Each answer should be clear and complete, while also being concise. Any information coming from another source must be accompanied by a proper APA citation. You should use the numbered questions as headings. Whether you choose to use the sub-list questions as sub-headings or not, all of those elements must be present in your response.
