Research Methods for Public Administrators,9780321085580

Research Methods for Public Administrators

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9780321085580
ISBN10: 0321085582
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-01
Publisher(s): Longman
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Summary

This book introduces public administration students to the methodological tools administrators and policy analysts use to conduct quantitative research.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents v
Preface xii
Beginning a Research Project: The Preliminary Steps
1(23)
Designs for Description
24(31)
Designs for Explanation
55(43)
Measuring Variables
98(35)
Sampling
133(38)
Contacting and Talking to Subjects
171(36)
Data Collection: Questions and Questionnaires
207(36)
Protection of Human Research Subjects and Other Ethical Issues
243(21)
Secondary Data Analysis: Finding and Analyzing Existing Data
264(27)
Combining Indicators: Index Construction
291(24)
Univariate Analysis
315(44)
Examining Relationships among Variables: Tests of Statistical Significance
359(29)
Examining Relationships among Variables: Contigency Tables with Measures of Association, Analysis of Variance
388(39)
Regression Analysis and Correlation
427(36)
Communicating Findings and Completing the Project
463(20)
Glossary 483(11)
Index 494

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