Analyzing Public Policy: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques

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Guides students toward a mastery of the skills that policy analysts use every day to evaluate and solve public problems. Material is designed to be easily accessible even when covering the most challenging concepts and methods of analysis. Early chapters introduce the basic foundations of public policy analysis. Subsequent chapters cover skills and techniques of basic statistics, probability and hypothesis testing, survey design, graphical analysis, multiple regression, game theory, and benefit-cost analysis. Concepts are illustrated with cases. Gupta teaches in the School of Public Administration and Urban studies at San Diego State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)