Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, Second Edition
1st Edition
Published on 15. October 1998
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-0-8247-0213-7 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive handbook covers a wide variety of quantitative methods used for research in public administration, public policy, and nonprofit management, including theory-building and testing, increasing the readers awareness and command of analytical tools critical to the resolution of complex problems. Providing bibliographic citations and over 370 tables, equations, and drawings, the book compares the function of quantitative techniques in past and present public administration literature and practices, furnishes information for visualizing, planning, and implementing research projects, and explores potential applications of quantitative public administration.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Public administrators, political scientists, faculty, academic researchers, and practitioners using quantitative methods to solve research problems in areas such as public policy, social work, criminal justice, and industrial management, and statisticians
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1179 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8247-0213-7 (9780824702137)
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Content
THE BIG PICTURE
Introduction, G.J. Miller and M.L. Whicker
Ethics in Systematic Research, P.D. Coontz
Levels of Data, Variables, Hypotheses, and Theory, M.L. Whicker and G.J. Miller
DESCRIBING AND MEASURING PHENOMENA
Univariate Measures for Directly Measurable Phenomena, C. Mo
Typologies, Indexing, Content Analysis, Meta-Analysis, and Scaling as Measurement Techniques, W.M. Bowen and C.-C. Bowen
DATA COLLECTION AND MANIPULATION
Questionnaire Construction, D. Robbins
Sampling and Data Collection, A. Northrop
Constructing Data Sets and Manipulating Data, C.P.F. Scavo
RESEARCH ISSUES AND DESIGN
Threats to Validity of Research Designs, N.A. Giannatasio
Qualitative Research Methods: A Brief Overview, V. Gabrielian
ASSOCIATION AND TESTING HYPOTHESIS
Statistics for Nominal and Ordinal Data, M. Margolis
Analysis of Variance, C. Cirincione
Linear Correlation and Regression, L.R. Alm
DATA ACROSS TIME
Cross-Sectional, Longitudinal, and Time-Series Data: Uses and Limitations, L. Burbridge
Forecasting Methods for Serial Data, D.W. Williams
Demographic Techniques for Cohort Analysis and Population Trends, D.M. Mageean
TECHNIQUES WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
Multivariate Regression Analysis in Public Policy and Administration, E.A. Graddy
Multivariate Techniques for Dichotomous Dependent Variables, M.C. Shelley II
MODELING
Causal Modeling and Path Analysis, E.M. Berman
Economic Modeling, R.J. Hy
Computer Simulation, D. Kane
Data Envelopment Analysis: An Introduction, P.D. de Lancer
CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES
Principal Component Analysis, Factor Analysis, and Cluster Analysis, G. Julnes
Q Methodology, S.R. Brown, D. Durning, and S. Selden
Appendix 1: Algebra, S.R. Majumdar
Appendix 2: Distribution of t
Introduction, G.J. Miller and M.L. Whicker
Ethics in Systematic Research, P.D. Coontz
Levels of Data, Variables, Hypotheses, and Theory, M.L. Whicker and G.J. Miller
DESCRIBING AND MEASURING PHENOMENA
Univariate Measures for Directly Measurable Phenomena, C. Mo
Typologies, Indexing, Content Analysis, Meta-Analysis, and Scaling as Measurement Techniques, W.M. Bowen and C.-C. Bowen
DATA COLLECTION AND MANIPULATION
Questionnaire Construction, D. Robbins
Sampling and Data Collection, A. Northrop
Constructing Data Sets and Manipulating Data, C.P.F. Scavo
RESEARCH ISSUES AND DESIGN
Threats to Validity of Research Designs, N.A. Giannatasio
Qualitative Research Methods: A Brief Overview, V. Gabrielian
ASSOCIATION AND TESTING HYPOTHESIS
Statistics for Nominal and Ordinal Data, M. Margolis
Analysis of Variance, C. Cirincione
Linear Correlation and Regression, L.R. Alm
DATA ACROSS TIME
Cross-Sectional, Longitudinal, and Time-Series Data: Uses and Limitations, L. Burbridge
Forecasting Methods for Serial Data, D.W. Williams
Demographic Techniques for Cohort Analysis and Population Trends, D.M. Mageean
TECHNIQUES WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
Multivariate Regression Analysis in Public Policy and Administration, E.A. Graddy
Multivariate Techniques for Dichotomous Dependent Variables, M.C. Shelley II
MODELING
Causal Modeling and Path Analysis, E.M. Berman
Economic Modeling, R.J. Hy
Computer Simulation, D. Kane
Data Envelopment Analysis: An Introduction, P.D. de Lancer
CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES
Principal Component Analysis, Factor Analysis, and Cluster Analysis, G. Julnes
Q Methodology, S.R. Brown, D. Durning, and S. Selden
Appendix 1: Algebra, S.R. Majumdar
Appendix 2: Distribution of t