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- ISBN-10 : 9781506364315
- ISBN-13 : 978-1506364315
- Author: Evan M. Berman
Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach, Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts remains one of the most popular introductory books on statistics for public policy and public administration students, using carefully selected examples tailored specifically for them. The Fourth Edition continues to offer a conceptual understanding of statistics that can be applied readily to the real-life challenges of public administrators and policy analysts. The book provides examples from the areas of human resources management, organizational behavior, budgeting, and public policy to illustrate how public administrators interact with and analyze data.
Table Of Contents:
Preface xvi
Acknowledgments xxi
Statistics Roadmap xxii
Section I Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Why Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts? 4
Chapter Objectives 4
Role of Data in Public Management 4
Competency and Proficiency 6
Ethics in Data Analysis and Research 10
Summary 15
Key Terms 15
Section II Research Methods 17
Chapter 2 Research Design 21
Chapter Objectives 21
Introducing Variables and Their Relationships 21
Program Evaluation 26
Six Steps 28
Rival Hypotheses and Limitations of Experimental Study Designs 30
A Bit More: Extending through Quasi-experimental Design 32
Summary 38
Key Terms 39
Chapter 3 Conceptualization and Measurement 42
Chapter Objectives 42
Measurement Levels and Scales 42
Conceptualization 47
Operationalization 49
Index Variables 52
Measurement Validity 54
Summary 56
Key Terms 57
Chapter 4 Measuring and Managing Performance: Present and Future 59
Chapter Objectives 59
Performance Measurement 60
The Logic Model 61
Further Examples 65
Managing Performance 66
Efficiency Effectiveness, and a Bit More 68
Peering Into the Future: Forecasting 72
Summary 75
Key Terms 76
Chapter 5 Data Collection 78
Chapter Objectives 78
Sources of Data 79
Administrative Data 79
Secondary Data 81
Surveys 83
Other Sources 87
Sampling 88
When Is a Sample Needed? 89
How Should Samples Be Selected? 89
How Large Should the Sample Be? 91
Data Input 94
Putting It Together 96
Summary 98
Key Terms 99
Section III Descriptive Statistics 103
Chapter 6 Central Tendency 105
Chapter Objectives 105
The Mean 106
The Median 110
The Mode 112
Summary 112
Key Terms 113
Appendix 6.1 Using Grouped Data 113
Chapter 7 Measures of Dispersion 117
Chapter Objectives 117
Frequency Distributions 118
Standard Deviation 121
Definition 121
Some Applications of Standard Deviation 124
Summary 127
Key Terms 127
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