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Research Methods for Public Administrators book cover

7th Edition

Research Methods for Public Administrators

By Gary Rassel, Suzanne Leland, Zachary Mohr Copyright 2021
552 Pages 65 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

552 Pages 65 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

552 Pages 65 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Research Methods for Public Administrators contains a thorough overview of research methods and statistical applications for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and practitioners. The material is based on established social science methods. Concepts and applications are discussed and illustrated with examples from actual research. The book covers research design, methods of data... Read more

1. Beginning a Research Project  2. Research Designs for Description  3. Research Designs for Explanation  4. Measuring Variables  5. Sampling  6. Contacting and Talking to Subjects  7. Collecting Data with Questions and Questionnaires  8. Protection of Human Research Subjects and Other Ethical Issues  9. Finding and Analyzing Existing Data  10. Combining Indicators and Constructing Indices  11. Univariate Analysis  12. Examining Relationships Between Variables with Tests of Statistical Significance  13. Examining Relationships Between Nominal and Ordinal Variables: Contingency Tables, Measures of Association and Control Variables  14. Regression Analysis and Correlation  15. Completing the Project and Communicating Findings

Biography

Gary Rassel is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Suzanne Leland is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Zachary Mohr is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Elizabethann O'Sullivan, Professor Emeritus in the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University, passed away in 2014.

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