Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
This podcast is for Wayne State College students taking POS 410/510 Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation. Episodes take listeners through the structure and design of the course (including the syllabus and Canvas site), an introduction to the content and methods for conducting evaluations, and discusses a wide range of topics and issues associated with the successful analysis and evaluation of public policy and public programs.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 6
- Years Active
- 2025
Digging into the Data... and Hopefully Using It Too!
Hello all and welcome to the final podcast episode on our course material! In today's longer-than-intended podcast, I'm talking through Chapters 11 and 12, with an emphasis on how we interpret and sh…
The Plan is Finally Coming Together!
Hi all, and welcome to our penultimate (second-to-last) podcast episode for our course on Evaluation! In this episode, we're tackling chapters 7 through 10, but with particular emphasis on chapters 7…
Midterm Guidance
Hey everyone--we've hit the midterm point in this course and this episode is intended to help you navigate the midterm exam. The episode is certainly short but it contains my recommendations (tips) o…
Calibrating Understanding and Modeling... Oh My!
Hello course participants and welcome to our third episode on public policy and program evaluation! In this episode we will talk through the highlights from chapters 4 through 6, including a more in-…
Launching Into Evaluation
Hi all, and welcome back to our podcast on Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation! This episode formally kicks off our study of this topic with a brief highlighting of components in chapters 1…
Introduction to Evaluation and Our Course
Hello everyone and welcome to our podcast on Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation! In this first episode, we will get an introduction to this course and in particular to the course Canvas si…