Research methods in public administration and nonprofit management
By: by David E. McNabb.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780765617675
Subjects: Public administration -- Research -- Methodology; Nonprofit organizations -- Management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of tables, figures, and boxes; title: Preface to the second edition; title: Introduction; title: Research fundamentals; title: Introduction to research methods; title: Research ethics: doing the right thing; title: The building blocks of research; title: Public administration research: theory and practice; title: Research in nonprofit organization management; title: Understanding the research process; title: The eight steps of the research process; title: Selecting a research topic; title: Choosing a research design; title: Putting together a research proposal; title: Quantitative research designs and methods; title: Fundamentals of quantitative research; title: Introduction to sampling; title: Writing questions and developing questionnaires; title: Analyzing quantitative data; title: Summarizing data with descriptive statistics; title: Using tables, charts, and graphs; title: Exploring research hypothesis concepts; title: Testing hypotheses about two or more groups; title: Identifying relationships with correlation and regression; title: Introduction to experimental design; title: Introduction to nonparametric statistics; title: Exploring multivariate statistics; title: Conducting statistical tests with SPSS; title: Qualitative research strategies and methods; title: Introduction to qualitative research; title: Research using the case study approach; title: Research using the grounded theory approach; title: Research using the ethnographic approach; title: Critical research: action research approaches; title: Critical research: empowerment and feminist models; title: Analysis and interpretation of qualitative data; title: Analyzing qualitative data; title: Analyzing texts, documents and artifacts; title: Preparing and presenting research findings; title: Writing the research report; title: References; title: Author index; title: Subject index; title: About the author.