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001 2007022267
003 DLC
005 20070608074106.0
008 070531s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007022267
020 $a9780765617675 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aJF1338.A2$bM38 2008
082 00 $a658.0072$222
100 1 $aMcNabb, David E.
245 10 $aResearch methods in public administration and nonprofit management :$bquantitative and qualitative approaches /$cby David E. McNabb.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aArmonk, N.Y. :$bM.E. Sharpe, Inc.,$c2008.
263 $a0802
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aList of tables, figures, and boxes -- Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- Research fundamentals -- Introduction to research methods -- Research ethics: doing the right thing -- The building blocks of research -- Public administration research: theory and practice -- Research in nonprofit organization management -- Understanding the research process -- The eight steps of the research process -- Selecting a research topic -- Choosing a research design -- Putting together a research proposal -- Quantitative research designs and methods -- Fundamentals of quantitative research -- Introduction to sampling -- Writing questions and developing questionnaires -- Analyzing quantitative data -- Summarizing data with descriptive statistics -- Using tables, charts, and graphs -- Exploring research hypothesis concepts -- Testing hypotheses about two or more groups -- Identifying relationships with correlation and regression -- Introduction to experimental design -- Introduction to nonparametric statistics -- Exploring multivariate statistics -- Conducting statistical tests with SPSS -- Qualitative research strategies and methods -- Introduction to qualitative research -- Research using the case study approach -- Research using the grounded theory approach -- Research using the ethnographic approach -- Critical research: action research approaches -- Critical research: empowerment and feminist models -- Analysis and interpretation of qualitative data -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Analyzing texts, documents and artifacts -- Preparing and presenting research findings -- Writing the research report -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- About the author.
650 0 $aPublic administration$xResearch$xMethodology.
650 0 $aNonprofit organizations$xManagement.