Research Methods and Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administrators - A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by Masami Nishishiba, Matthew A. Jones, Mariah A. Kraner

Publisher: SAGE Publications
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 393
Edition: First
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Research Methods and Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administrators: A Practical Guide is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, core text that thoroughly prepares readers to apply research methods and data analysis to the professional environments of public and non-profit administration. The authors expertly incorporate original case examples to demonstrate concepts using “real actors,” facing specific scenarios, in which research methods must be applied. This unique approach—presented in language accessible to both students new to research as well as current practitioners—guides the reader in fully understanding the research options detailed throughout the text.

✦ Table of Contents

RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATORS-FRONT COVER......Page 1
RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATORS......Page 2
BRIEF CONTENTS......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 17
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 21
SECTION I: RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA COLLECTION......Page 24
CHAPTER 1: WHEN A PRACTITIONER BECOMES A RESEARCHER......Page 25
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH ALIGNMENT......Page 36
CHAPTER 3: IDENTIFYING THE FOCUS OF THE RESEARCH: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE AND RESEARCH QUESTION......Page 49
CHAPTER 4: RESEARCH DESIGN......Page 70
CHAPTER 5: SAMPLE SELECTION......Page 95
CHAPTER 6: DATA COLLECTION......Page 110
SECTION II: DATA ANALYSIS......Page 138
CHAPTER 7: QUANTITATIVE DATA PREPARATION AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS......Page 139
CHAPTER 8: HYPOTHESIS TESTING AND STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: LOGIC OF INFERENTIAL STATISTICS......Page 174
CHAPTER 9: COMPARING MEANS BETWEEN TWO GROUPS......Page 194
CHAPTER 10: COMPARING MEANS OF MORE THAN TWO GROUPS: ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA)......Page 216
CHAPTER 11: BIVARIATE CORRELATION......Page 245
CHAPTER 12: CHI-SQUARE ANALYSIS......Page 262
CHAPTER 13: REGRESSION ANALYSIS......Page 276
CHAPTER 14: QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS......Page 304
SECTION III: SUMMING UP: PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER......Page 320
CHAPTER 15: WRITING REPORTS......Page 321
CHAPTER 16: USING RESEARCH METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: PROGRAM EVALUATION AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT......Page 336
APPENDIX A: ADDITIONAL SPSS AND EXCEL INSTRUCTIONS......Page 356
APPENDIX B: EMILY’S SURVEY FORM......Page 362
GLOSSARY......Page 365
INDEX......Page 379
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 389

✦ Subjects

Research Methods, Statistics, Public And Nonprofit Administrators

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