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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

24.04.2017

Verlag

Sage Publications

Seitenzahl

368

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,2/1,9 cm

Gewicht

535 g

Auflage

4. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-5063-6431-5

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

24.04.2017

Verlag

Sage Publications

Seitenzahl

368

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,2/1,9 cm

Gewicht

535 g

Auflage

4. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-5063-6431-5

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  • Produktbild: Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts
  • Tables, Figures, and Boxes
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Statistics Roadmap
    Section I: Introduction
    Chapter 1 Why Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts?
    Chapter Objectives
    Role of Data in Public Management
    Competency and Proficiency
    Ethics in Data Analysis and Research
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Section II: Research Methods
    Chapter 2 Research Design
    Chapter Objectives
    Introducing Variables and Their Relationships
    Program Evaluation
    A Bit More: Extending through Quasi-experimental Design
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Chapter 3 Conceptualization and Measurement
    Chapter Objectives
    Measurement Levels and Scales
    Conceptualization
    Operationalization
    Index Variables
    Measurement Validity
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Chapter 4 Measuring and Managing Performance: Present and Future
    Chapter Objectives
    Performance Measurement
    Managing Performance
    Efficiency, Effectiveness, and a Bit More
    Peering Into the Future: Forecasting
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Chapter 5 Data Collection
    Chapter Objectives
    Sources of Data
    Sampling
    Data Input
    Putting It Together
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Section III: Descriptive Statistics
    Chapter 6 Central Tendency
    Chapter Objectives
    The Mean
    The Median
    The Mode
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Appendix 6.1: Using Grouped Data
    Chapter 7 Measures of Dispersion
    Chapter Objectives
    Frequency Distributions
    Standard Deviation
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Appendix 7.1: Boxplots
    Chapter 8 Contingency Tables
    Chapter Objectives
    Contingency Tables
    Relationship and Direction
    Pivot Tables
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Chapter 9 Getting Results
    Chapter Objectives
    Analysis of Outputs and Outcomes
    Analysis of Efficiency and Effectiveness
    Analysis of Equity
    Quality-of-Life Analysis
    A Bit of Forecasting, Too
    Some Cautions in Analysis and Presentation
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Appendix 9.1: Forecasting with Periodic Effects
    Section IV: Inferential Statistics
    Chapter 10 Introducing Inference: Estimation from Samples
    Chapter Objectives
    From Sample to Population
    Statistical Estimation of Population Parameters
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Chapter 11 Hypothesis Testing with Chi-Square
    Chapter Objectives
    What Is Chi-Square?
    Hypothesis Testing
    The Goodness-of-Fit Test
    A Nonparametric Alternative
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Appendix 11.1: Rival Hypotheses: Adding a Control Variable
    Appendix 11.2: Some Nonparametric Tests for Specific Situations
    Chapter 12 The T-Test
    Chapter Objectives
    T-Tests for Independent Samples
    Two T-Test Variations
    Nonparametric Alternatives to T-Tests
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Chapter 13 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
    Chapter Objectives
    Analysis of Variance
    A Nonparametric Alternative
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Chapter 14 Simple Regression
    Chapter Objectives
    Simple Regression
    Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
    Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Chapter 15 Multiple Regression
    Chapter Objectives
    Model Specification
    A Working Example
    Further Statistics
    Use of Nominal Variables
    Testing Assumptions
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Section V: Further Statistics
    Chapter 16 Logistic and Time Series Regression
    Chapter Objectives
    The Logistic Model
    A Working Example
    Time Series in Multiple Regression
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Chapter 17 Survey of Other Techniques
    Chapter Objectives
    Path Analysis
    Statistical Forecasting
    Survival Analysis
    Factor Analysis
    Summary
    Key Terms
    Appendixes
    A: Normal Distribution
    B: Chi-Square (c2) Distribution
    C: T-Test Distribution
    D: Durbin-Watson Distribution
    E: F-Test Distribution
    Glossary
    Index
    About the Authors