Handbook of Research Methods in Public AdministrationCRC Press, 2007 M11 14 - 992 páginas Describing new techniques and novel applications, Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, Second Edition demonstrates the use of tools designed to meet the increased complexity of problems in government and non-profit organizations with ever-more rigorous and systematic research. It presents detailed information on conceptuali |
Contenido
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| 13 | |
Chapter 3 Dealing with Multiple Paradigms in Public Administration Research | 25 |
Chapter 4 Where Do Research Questions Come from and How Are They Developed? | 45 |
The Art of Scientific Literature | 61 |
Research Design | 73 |
Chapter 6 Purpose and Significance of Research Design | 75 |
An Investigators Journey | 93 |
Chapter 25 Statistics for Nominal and Ordinal Data | 385 |
Chapter 26 Analysis of Variance | 405 |
Chapter 27 Linear Correlation and Regression | 427 |
Advanced Quantitative Analysis | 455 |
Chapter 28 Multivariate Regression Analysis | 457 |
An Application to Public Policy | 489 |
Introduction to Principal Components Analysis Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis | 515 |
A Practical Introduction | 565 |
Chapter 8 Threats to Validity in Research Designs | 109 |
Chapter 9 The Responsible Conduct of Social Research | 129 |
Chapter 10 Qualitative Research Methods | 141 |
A HistoricalInstitutionalist Perspective | 169 |
Chapter 12 Legal Research Methods | 189 |
Measurement and Data Collection | 203 |
Chapter 13 Describing and Measuring Phenomena in Public Administration | 205 |
Chapter 14 Sampling and Data Collection | 213 |
Chapter 15 Using the Survey as an Instrument of Inquiry in Research | 241 |
Chapter 16 Questionnaire Construction | 255 |
A Primer | 269 |
Chapter 18 Obtaining Archival and Other Existing Records | 279 |
Data Management | 291 |
Chapter 19 General Issues in Data Management | 293 |
Chapter 20 Constructing Data Sets and Manipulating Data | 303 |
An Information System Approach | 323 |
Basic Quantitative Analysis | 341 |
Chapter 22 Introduction to Data Analysis | 343 |
Chapter 23 Applying Matrix Algebra in Statistical Analysis | 361 |
Chapter 24 Univariate Analysis | 375 |
Concepts and Practices | 575 |
Chapter 33 Forecasting Methods for Serial Data | 595 |
Other Techniques | 667 |
Chapter 34 Data Envelopment Analysis for Performance Assessment and Decision Making | 669 |
Chapter 35 Content Analysis | 689 |
Chapter 36 MetaAnalysis | 705 |
Chapter 37 Q Methodology | 721 |
Chapter 38 Methods of Network Analysis | 765 |
Chapter 39 Economic Modeling | 787 |
Going Beyond Description to Derive Theory from Qualitative Data | 823 |
Chapter 41 Research Methods Using Geographic Information Systems | 841 |
Reporting Presentation and Teaching | 859 |
Chapter 42 Presenting Quantitative Research Results | 861 |
Chapter 43 Styles of Scholarship in Public Administration | 879 |
Strategies for Effective Data Presentation | 893 |
Making Performance Reports Relevant to Citizens | 903 |
Chapter 46 Applying for Research Grants | 929 |
Back cover | 945 |
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