This is an intermediate course in research methodology, with a focus on how publishable journal articles are written. Journal articles in public administration are examined in detail, with students expected to evaluate and critique all aspects of methodology. At the same time, the course provides a consolidation of understanding of the assumptions of basic social science research methodology from descriptive statistics through multiple regression, and corequisite introduction to multivariate analysis methods such as discriminant analysis, factor analysis, canonical correlation, and other designs. Covers research in field setting with implications for ethics, internal and external validity, experimenter and volunteer effects, measurement problems. Covers measurement, reliability, validity, norming, personality and interest inventories, achievement tests, and so on.
Covers needs assessments, research methods, evaluation issues in training settings.
Some focus on substantive findings also. Covers multiple regression and path analysis, including regression diagnostics. Covers logistic regression and structural equation modeling. May have different content is not taught by Prof. Zimmer. This course is recommended by the Statistics Department for PA students.