Policy Analysis in Government  http://learnet.gc.ca/eng/lrncentr/online/policy.htm    A Policy Wonk's Travel Guide.  A brief guide to policy analysis.  Similar to general evaluation, but from a policy analysis point of view.  Also available in french at   http://learnet.gc.ca/fran/apprenti/enligne/politiqu.htm
 

Course notes on policy analysis  http://www.csulb.edu/~msaintg/ppa670/670menu.html#ppa   from Michelle Saint-Germain.  Includes, introduction, six steps, defining the problem, assessing alternatives, etc.

Cost-Benefit Analysis   http://www.ncedr.org/tools/othertools/costbenefit/lead.htm   Overview of cost benefit analysis.
 

Policy Analysis in Medical Education: A Structured Approach   http://med-ed-online.org/f0000011.htm   article in med-ed on line, by David W. Musick.  This article has a framework for a systematic approach to policy analysis (see Discussion and Implications section.)  The framework could be applied to policy analysis generally.
 

lecture notes on program evaluation and policy analysis   http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/308/308lect11.htm   Brief overview of main policy analysis concepts.

The Magenta Book: Guidance Notes on Policy Evaluation   http://www.policyhub.gov.uk/evalpolicy/magenta/guidance-notes.asp   The Government Social Research Unit has prepared this set of guidance notes on policy evaluation and analysis to help ‘intelligent customers’ and ‘intelligent providers’ determine what constitutes high quality work in the field on policy evaluation and analysis.

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