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Research methods in public administration and nonprofit management : quantitative and qualitative approaches
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Title
Research methods in public administration and nonprofit management : quantitative and qualitative approaches / David E. McNabb.
ISBN
9780765617675 (cloth : alk. paper)
0765617676 (cloth : alk. paper)
Edition
2nd ed.
Published
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2008.
Physical Description
xxx, 458 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 03, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-438) and indexes.
Contents
List of tables, figures, and boxes
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
Research fundamentals
Introduction to research methods
Research ethics: doing the right thing
The building blocks of research
Public administration research: theory and practice
Research in nonprofit organizations
Understanding the research process
The eight steps of the research process
Selecting a research topic
Choosing a research design
Putting together a research proposal
Quantitative research strategies
Fundamentals of quantitative research
Introduction to sampling
Writing questions and developing questionnaires
Quantitative research methods
Summarizing data with descriptive statistics
Using tables, charts, and graphs
Research hypotheses
Testing hypotheses about two or more groups
Testing relationships with correlation and regression
Experiments and experimental design
Nonparametric statistics
Exploring multivariate statistics
Conducting statistical tests with SPSS
Qualitative research strategies and methods
Introduction to qualitative research
Research using the case study approach
Research using the grounded theory approach
Research using the ethnographic approach
Critical research: action research approaches
Critical research: empowerment and feminist models
Analysis and interpretation of qualitative data
Analyzing qualitative data
Analyzing texts, documents, and artifacts
Preparing the research report
Writing the research report
References
Author index
Subject index
About the author.
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