Research methods and statistics for public and nonprofit administrators :

Nishishiba, Masami

Research methods and statistics for public and nonprofit administrators : a practical guide / Masami Nishishiba, Matthew Jones, Mariah Kraner, Portland State University. - Los Angeles : SAGE, [2014] - xxi, 367 p. : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Section I. Research design and data collection --
When a practitioner becomes a researcher --
Research alignment --
Identifying the focus of the research : research objective and research question --
Research design --
Sample selection --
Data collection --
Section II. Data analysis --
Quantitative data preparation and descriptive statistics --
Hypothesis testing and statistical significance : logic of inferential statistics --
Comparing means between two groups --
Comparing means of more than two groups : analysis of variance (ANOVA) --
Bivariate correlation --
Chi-square analysis --
Regression analysis --
Qualitative data analysis --
Section III. Summing up : putting the pieces together --
Writing reports --
Using research methods for continuous improvement : program evaluation and performance measurement --
Appendix A : Additional SPSS and Excel instructions --
Appendix B : Emily's survey form --
Glossary --
Index --
About the authors.

9781452203522 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2013031328


Public administration--Methodology.--Research
Nonprofit organizations--Management.
Management.

JF1338.A2 / N57 2014