Research methods for public administrators
By: Elizabethann O'Sullivan, Gary R. Rassel, Maureen Berner.
Contributors: Rassel, Gary Raymond, 1944-; Berner, Maureen.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780321431370
Subjects: Public administration -- Research -- Methodology
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Beginning a research project : the preliminary steps; title: Designs for description; title: Designs for explanation; title: Measuring variables; title: Sampling; title: Contacting and talking to subjects; title: Data collection : questions and questionnaires; title: Protection of human research subjects and other ethical issues; title: Secondary data analysis : finding and analyzing existing data; title: Combining indicators : index construction; title: Univariate analysis; title: Examining relationships among variables : tests of statistical significance; title: Examining relationships among variables : contingency tables with measures of association, analysis of variance; title: Regression analysis and correlation; title: Communicating findings and completing the project.