Masami Nishishiba, Matthew A Jones, Mariah A Kraner

Research Methods and Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administrators

A Practical Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 three characters-Emily, Jim, and Mary-facing specific scenarios in which research methods must be applied. This unique approach is presented in language accessible to both students new to research as well as current practitioners, carefully guiding the reader in fully understanding the research options detailed throughout the text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: B03522P
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 189mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781452203522
• ISBN-10: 1452203520
• Artikelnr.: 39130428

Autorenporträt

Masami Nishishiba (Ph.D, Portland State University) is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and the Associate Director of the Center for Public Service, at Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University. Her academic expertise encompasses research methods, cultural competence in the public sector, local government performance management, and civic engagement. She has served as a principal investigator and a consultant for numbers of local government focused projects both in U.S. and overseas. Dr. Nishishiba's publications have appeared in State and Local Government Review, Journal of College and Character, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Public Affairs and others. She is also a lead author of a Japanese/English bilingual book Project Management Toolkit: A Strategic Approach to New Local Governance. Dr. Nishishiba has a B.A. in Linguistics from Osaka University, Japan, M.S. in Communication and Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from Portland State University.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA COLLECTION
1. When a Practitioner Becomes a Researcher
2. Research Alignment
3. Identifying the Focus of the Research: Research Objective and Research
Question
4. Research Design
5. Sample Selection
6. Data Collection
PART II. DATA ANALYSIS
7. Quantitative Data Preparation and Descriptive Statistics
8. Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Significance: Logic of Inferential
Statistics
9. Comparing Means Between Two Groups
10. Comparing Means of More Than Two Groups: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
11. Bivariate Correlation
12. Chi-Square Analysis
13. Regression Analysis
14. Qualitative Data Analysis
PART III. SUMMING UP: PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER
15. Writing Reports
16. Using Research Methods for Continuous Improvement: Program Evaluation
and Performance Measurement
Appendix A: Additional SPSS and Excel Instructions
Appendix B: Emily's Survey Form

Rezensionen

"The case approach used in the text presents a very exciting way for students to apply research methods/statistics to cases, rather than applying it to short problems at the end of most textbooks."