Research Methods and Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administrators

Research Methods and Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administrators

A Practical Guide

Nishishiba, Masami; Kraner, Mariah A.; Jones, Matthew A.

SAGE Publications Inc

11/2013

392

Mole

Inglês

9781452203522

15 a 20 dias

700

Descrição não disponível.
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
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Public and Nonprofit Management;Methods and Statistics in Public Administration;Methods and Statistics in Nonprofit Management;Research Methods and Statistics