Policy Analysis
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Continue your assignment from Day 3 (based on this article) and create a matrix with criteria and alternatives for this policy problem.
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Write the criteria you would consider as a policy analyst analysing the following situations:-
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Too much littering at public parks
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Access to cigarettes within a high school campus
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Corporations stashing too much cash in tax havens
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Decision Analysis & Modeling
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23 people in a class have an average height of 5 feet 7 inches. A 24th person joins the class. How tall would she have to be to raise the average height by 1.5 inches?
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Is it ever possible for standard deviation to be negative. Give reasons.
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A list has 10 entries. Each entry is either 3 or 4 or 5. What must the list be if the average is 3? If the average is 5? Can the average be 6?
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The Mayor of a city plans to give all city employees a flat raise of $1000 a month. What would this do to the average monthly salary of city employees? What would it do to the SD for the salaries?