Handbook of research methods in public administration, management and policy
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Handbook of research methods in public administration, management and policy
（Elgar handbooks in public administration and management）
E. Elgar, c2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1. Towards a new age of research methods in public administration, public management and public policy
- PART I QUANTITATIVE AND MIXED METHODS
- 2. Analysing relationships between multiple variables: applications for public administration, policy and management
- 3. Mixed methods in public administration: advantages and challenges
- 4. Agent-based modeling as a tool for public management research
- 5. Hybridizing agent-based with system dynamics models: principles for theory development in public policy and management research
- 6. Measurement of public values that do not involve money
- 7. Theory building in public administration: utilizing factor analysis in the development of analytical constructs
- 8. The use of difference-in-differences (DiD) in public administration research
- PART II QUALITATIVE AND COMPARATIVE METHODS
- 9. Qualitative research approaches: application in a UK public administration context
- 10. Comparative methods A: exploring big comparative questions in public administration
- 11. Comparative methods B: comparative methods in public administration
- the value of looking around
- 12. Comparative methods C: building a cross-national research project
- PART III EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
- 13. Experimental methods A: survey experiments in public administration
- 14. Experimental methods B: laboratory experiments
- PART IV PROGRAM EVALUATION, POLICY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS
- 15. Program evaluation A: program evaluation in action
- traditional and innovative approaches
- 16. Program evaluation B: evaluation, big data, and artificial intelligence: two sides of one coin
- 17. Policy analysis: evaluating big stories
- 18. Introduction to social network analysis methods
- PART V BIG DATA AND ADVANCED METHODS
- 19. Advanced methods and big data
- 20. Dealing with open data: measuring the performance of public higher education institutions using open government data
- PART VI ETHICS, OUTLIERS AND REPORTING
- 21. Ethical considerations in public administration research
- 22. Finding gold in the dross: outliers as a resource for policy analysis
- 23. Constructive ending: how to finalize the conclusion and discussion of a research project and a journal article
- Index