2nd Edition
Public Administration Research Methods Tools for Evaluation and Evidence-Based Practice
Section 1. The Purpose and Value of Evaluation and Analytic Skills and their Use in Evidence in Decision-making
1. Introduction: What is Research?
2. Evidence-based Practice for Public Affairs
3. The Research Process: An Introduction to Key Concepts
4. Conducting Preliminary Research
Section 2. The Basic Operations of Research: Setting Up a Project, Gathering Data
5. Research Design
6. Measurement
7. Population Sampling
8. Case Studies
9. Interviews
10. Field Research
11. Survey Data
Section 3. Estimating How the World Works: Testing Claims and Drawing Inferences
12. Coding and Data Display
13. Descriptive Statistics
14. Introduction to Probability and Distributions
15. Hypothesis Testing
16. Measures of Association
Section 4. Advanced Quantitative Techniques and Applied Decision Tools
17. Simple Linear Regression
18. Multiple Least Squares Regression Analysis
19. Applied Decision Tools
20. Mixing Research Methods
Section 5. Managing Project, Completing Projects
21. Managing Research and Evaluation Projects
22. Presenting Research: Writing and Speaking in Policy and Management Settings
23. Conclusion: Bringing It All Together
Appendix
Biography
Warren S. Eller is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership in the School of Public Health at West Virginia University, USA.
Brian J. Gerber is Associate Professor and Director of the Emergency Management and Homeland Security program at Arizona State University, USA.
Scott E. Robinson is Bellmon Chair of Public Service and Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science and the University of Oklahoma, USA.
