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How do policy analysts determine which type of information is valuable in policy evaluation? Which community or organizational attributes might you consider when choosing the appropriate method of data collections?

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Policy analysts determine which type of information is valuable in policy evaluation, by first ascertaining what the overall goals or aims of a given policy are. After to ascertaining what the aims or goals of a policy are, the analyst can make the determination as to what type of information or data is pertinent to ascertaining the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a policy in achieving a given set of goals or objectives. ...

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