Research methods for public administrators

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Elizabethann O'Sullivan
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Research methods for public administrators

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A practice-oriented, accessible text, Research Methods for Public Administrators introduces students to the methodological tools administrators and policy analysts use to conduct research. Practical and comprehensive coverage of the entire research process includes step-by-step instructions that focus on the most commonly used research techniques as well as numerous illustrative examples.

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Pearson Longman
Language
English

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Cover of: Research methods for public administrators
Research methods for public administrators
2007, Pearson Longman
in English - 5th ed.
Cover of: Research Methods for Public Administrators (5th Edition)
Research Methods for Public Administrators (5th Edition)
June 22, 2007, Longman
Paperback in English - 5 edition
Cover of: Research methods for public administrators
Research methods for public administrators
1999, Longman
in English - 3rd. ed.
Cover of: Research methods for public administrators
Research methods for public administrators
1989, Longman
in English

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Table of Contents

Beginning a research project : the preliminary steps
Designs for description
Designs for explanation
Measuring variables
Sampling
Contacting and talking to subjects
Data collection : questions and questionnaires
Protection of human research subjects and other ethical issues
Secondary data analysis : finding and analyzing existing data
Combining indicators : index construction
Univariate analysis
Examining relationships among variables : tests of statistical significance
Examining relationships among variables : contingency tables with measures of association, analysis of variance
Regression analysis and correlation
Communicating findings and completing the project.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
351.072
Library of Congress
JF1338.A2 O78 2007, JF1338.A2 O78 2008, JF1338.A2O78 2007

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17163064M
ISBN 13
9780321431370
LCCN
2007008573
OCLC/WorldCat
85783350
Library Thing
2063186
Goodreads
1654774

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