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POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course will provide students with a range of analytical techniques that can be used to answer policy and service delivery questions and how to measure the impact of policy. It will cover four key aspects of policy evaluations - Causation: Did the program or policy have a direct impact on the outcome or outcomes of interest? - Attribution: What was it about the program or policy that led to that impact? - Implementation: What can be learned about how was the program or policy delivered? - Documentation: How can key aspects of the evaluation be reported to an academic and policy audience?
Class participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Assignment 1 - Critique of selected policy evaluation (1,500 words)
Learning outcomes 3, 4
Assignment 2 - Research evaluation using real-world data (3,500 words)
Learning outcomes 2, 4, 5, 6
Oral presentation - Policy brief from evaluation (10 minutes)
Learning outcomes 4, 5, 6
Class test (1.5 hours)
Learning outcomes 1, 4, 6
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: made up of face-to-face lectures, tutorials and online activities; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
To be provided on the course Canvas site. Preliminary Reading Selected chapters from: - Glennerster, R., & Takavarasha, K. (2013). Running randomized evaluations: A practical guide. Princeton University Press. - Angrist, J. D., & Pischke, J. S. (2014). Mastering'metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect. Princeton University Press.