Handbook of research methods in public administration

著者

• Miller, Gerald
• Whicker, Marcia Lynn

書誌事項

Handbook of research methods in public administration

edited by Gerald J. Miller, Marcia L. Whicker

（Public administration and public policy, 71）

Marcel Dekker, c1999

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

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

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA39002289
• ISBN:
  • 0824702131
• LCCN: 98037295
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: x, 657 p.
• 大きさ: 26 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : JF1338.A2
  • DC21 : 351/.07/2
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Public administration -- Research -- Methodology
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00227553