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“Using Ecological Regression,” Journal of Interdisciplinary History (Spring 1976). “Political Change and Spending Shifts in the American States,” American Politics Quarterly (April 1974). “The Impact of Crime Rate Changes on Police Protection Expenditures in American Cities,” Criminology (February 1974). “Assessing the Impact of Incremental Policies,” Policy Studies Journal (Winter 1973). “Evaluating Everyday Policies: Police Activity and Crime Incidence,” Urban Affairs Quarterly (March 1973). “Ecological Inference and Electoral Analysis,” Journal of Interdisciplinary History (Winter 1972). “Issue Saliency, Opinion Holding, and Party Preference,” Western Political Quarterly (September 1971). Co-authored with Ruth S. Jones. “Businessmen and Community Development,” Kansas Government Journal (May 1969). “Businessmen and Small City Problems,” Michigan Business Review (November 1968). “Congressional Voting on Keynesian Legislation, 1945-1964,” Western Political Quarterly (Winter 1968). Reprinted in Joel Silbey (editor), The Congress of the United States 1789-1989 (Brooklyn, New York: Carlson Publishing, 1991). “Congressmen and Social Scientists: The Communication Gap,” The Midwest Quarterly (Winter 1968). Technical Reports Our Aging Water Infrastructure: The Attributes and Nees of the Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in the St. Louis Region (St. Louis, Missouri: Metro Water Infrastructure Partnership, 2014). Co-authored with Nicole A. Young and Jack Strauss. Special School District: Parent, Teacher, Administrator Assessment (St. Louis, Missouri: Special School District Public Review Committee, 2014). Co-authored with Cynthia J. Palazzolo. Advancing Post-Secondary Success: The St. Louis Graduates Story (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Graduates, 2013)
Early Childhood Education in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri: Regional Early Childhood Council, 2013). Co-authored with Cynthia J. Palazzolo. St. Louis County Childen Services Fund Needs Assessment (St. Louis, Missouri: University of Missouri-St. Louis Public Policy Research Center, 2013). Co-authored with Julie Birkenmaier, Carol Evans, Sharon Johnson, Lois Pierce, Liz Sale, and Mark Tranel. St. Louis County Strategic Plan Citizen Survey (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis County Department of Planning, 2012). St. Louis Graduates Update Report (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Graduates, 2012). Co-authored with Cynthia J. Palazzolo. Transferring to St. Louis County Schools: How Many City of St. Louis Students Would Make the Change? (Clayton, Missouri: Clayton School District, 2011). Reconciling the Great Divorce: The City of St. Louis Reentering St. Louis County (St. Louis, Missouri: University of Missouri-St. Louis Public Policy Research Center, 2011) Parent and Teacher Opinions Regarding the St. Louis Public Schools (St. Louis, Missouri: Special Advisory Committee on the St. Louis Public Schools, 2010). Special School District: Parent and Public Assessment (St. Louis, Missouri: Special School District Public Review Committee, 2010). College Access Pipeline Report (St. Louis, Missouri: College Access Pipeline Project, 2009). Co-authored with Cynthia J. Palazzolo. St. Louis County Parks: Passive Usage (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis County Department of Parks, 2008). St. Louis County Strategic Plan Citizen Survey (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis County Department of Planning, 2007). Public Opinion on the St. Louis Public Schools (St. Louis, Missouri: Special Advisory Committee on the St. Louis Public Schools, 2006). Special School District: Parent and Public Assessment (St. Louis, Missouri: Special School District Public Review Committee, 2006). Jefferson County Today: The Citizens Speak (St. Louis, Missouri: FOCUS St. Louis, 2003). City of St. Louis Citizens Survey (St. Louis, Missouri: Regional Business Council, 2002).
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