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Research methods for public administrators / Gary Rassel, Suzanne Leland, Zachary Mohr, Elizabethann O'Sullivan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2021Edition: Seventh EditionDescription: xvi, 536 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780367334345
  • 9780367334369
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Research methods for public administratorsDDC classification:
  • 351.0721 RAS 23 017889
Contents:
Beginning a research project -- Research designs for description -- Research designs for explanation -- Measuring variables -- Sampling -- Contacting and talking to subjects -- Collecting data with questions and questionnaires -- Protection of human research subjects and other ethical issues -- Finding and analyzing existing data -- Combining indicators and constructing indices -- Univariate analysis -- Examining relationships between variables with tests of statistical significance -- Examining relationships between nominal and ordinal variables: contingency tables, measures of association and control variables -- Regression analysis and correlation -- Completing the project and communicating findings.
Summary: "Research Methods for Public Administrators introduces students to the methodological tools public administrators and policy analysts use to conduct research in the twenty-first century. Full of engaging examples and step-by-step instructions to illustrate common research methods and techniques, this book provides future administrators with an unshakeable foundation in model building, research design, and statistical applications. New to the Seventh Edition: Additional / expanded material on qualitative research; big data; metadata; literature reviews; and causal inference New material on experiments and experimental research. New examples / case studies including those dealing with public policy. Expanded material on using computers for data management"--
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 351.0721 RAS 017889 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 017889

Revised edition of Research methods for public administrators, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beginning a research project --
Research designs for description --
Research designs for explanation --
Measuring variables --
Sampling --
Contacting and talking to subjects --
Collecting data with questions and questionnaires --
Protection of human research subjects and other ethical issues --
Finding and analyzing existing data --
Combining indicators and constructing indices --
Univariate analysis --
Examining relationships between variables with tests of statistical significance --
Examining relationships between nominal and ordinal variables: contingency tables, measures of association and control variables --
Regression analysis and correlation --
Completing the project and communicating findings.

"Research Methods for Public Administrators introduces students to the methodological tools public administrators and policy analysts use to conduct research in the twenty-first century. Full of engaging examples and step-by-step instructions to illustrate common research methods and techniques, this book provides future administrators with an unshakeable foundation in model building, research design, and statistical applications. New to the Seventh Edition: Additional / expanded material on qualitative research; big data; metadata; literature reviews; and causal inference New material on experiments and experimental research. New examples / case studies including those dealing with public policy. Expanded material on using computers for data management"--

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