Describe the steps and issues involved in analyzing a problem and why it is difficult.
What will be an ideal response?
Problem analysis is the first stage of policy analysis. The problem should be defined, and just defining the problem may involve politics and varying viewpoints about the nature of the problem (its cause and impacts). The problem should be operationalized, or measured, and then data collected to document its scope and severity.
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The commitment of northern Republicans to Reconstruction in the South waned after which of the following?
A. an economic recession led to many Republican losses in the 1874 election B. the rise of the Ku Klux Klan C. African Americans began voting overwhelmingly for Democrats starting with the 1890 election D. the outbreak of World War I
What is referred to as the “honeymoon period” of a presidency
a. the period between the election of the president and his or her swearing in b. the first one hundred days of a presidency c. the time when both houses of Congress are controlled by the president’s party d. the presidency during times of national emergency
A frequency polygon is a
a. bar graph b. table c. line graph d. class interval e. histogram
What represented the first true challenge to the viability of newspapers in the United States?
A. radio B. television C. the Internet D. 24-hour cable news