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" Handbook of research methods in public administration / "
edited by Gerald J. Miller, Marcia L. Whicker.
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BL
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952341
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b706711
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Handbook of research methods in public administration /\ edited by Gerald J. Miller, Marcia L. Whicker.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: M. Dekker,, ©1999.
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| Series Statement
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Public administration and public policy ;; 71
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1 online resource (x, 657 pages) :: illustrations
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0203908309
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: 0585134243
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: 0824702131
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: 082474201X
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: 6610195080
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: 9780203908303
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: 9780585134246
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: 9780824702137
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: 9780824742010
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: 9786610195084
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Ethics in Systematic Research; Levels of Data, Variables, Hypotheses, and Theory; Univariate Measures for Directly Measurable Phenomena; Typologies, Indexing, Content Analysis, Meta-Analysis, and Scaling as Measurement Techniques; Questionnaire Construction; Sampling and Data Collection; Constructing Data Sets and Manipulating Data; Threats to Validity of Research Designs; Qualitative Research Methods: An Overview; Statistics for Nominal and Ordinal Data; Analysis of Variance; Linear Correlation and Regression.
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| Abstract
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Offers investigators and practitioners a variety of quantitative methods used for research in public administration, public policy and non-profit management, including theory-building and -testing.
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Public administration-- Research-- Methodology.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Executive Branch.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Affairs Administration.
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Public administration-- Research-- Methodology.
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Bestuurskunde.
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Onderzoeksmethoden.
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| Dewey Classification
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351/.07/2
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JF1338.A2H34 1999eb
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Miller, Gerald.
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Whicker, Marcia Lynn.
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