Research methods in public administration and public management : an introduction (Record no. 56507)
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| fixed length control field | 02954 a2200181 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780415655828 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 001.42 |
| Item number | THI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thiel, Sandra Van |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Research methods in public administration and public management : an introduction |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Routledge |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii,195p. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Routledge master in public management Ed. by Stephen P. Osborne & Others |
| 9 (RLIN) | 69404 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>List of illustrations ix<br/>Acknowledgements xi<br/>1.Research in public administration<br/>1.1 The unique features of research in Public Administration 1<br/>1.2 Research in Public Administration and policy 5<br/>1.3 Aim and outline of the rest of the book 10<br/>2 The research problem 12<br/>2.1 Choosing and formulating a research problem 12<br/>2.2 The research aim 15<br/>2.3 The research question 17<br/>3 Theoretical framework 24<br/>3.1 1 The empirical cycle 24<br/>3.2 What is theory? 28<br/>3.3 Philosophies of science 31<br/>3.4 The role of theory in Public Administration research 36<br/>4 Operationalization 43<br/>4. 1 Operationalization in three steps 43<br/>4.2 Sampling 45<br/>4.3 Reliability and validity 48<br/>4.4 Validity and reliability: sources of interference 51<br/>5 Research design 54<br/>5. 1 The different elements of the research design 54<br/>5.2 Choosing a research strategy, method and technique 57<br/>6 The experiment 61<br/>6.1 The classic experiment 61<br/>6.2 Simulations and gaming 64<br/>6.3 The field experiment 67<br/>6.4 Reliability and validity in experiments 68<br/>6.5 Observation 70<br/>7 The survey<br/>7.1 The survey: characteristics and types 74<br/>7.2 The written questionnaire 75<br/>7.3 The reliability and validity of questionnaires 82<br/>8 The case study<br/>8.1 1 Case study research 86<br/>8.2 The selection of cases 89<br/>8.3 The reliability and validity of case studies 92<br/>8.4 The interview 93<br/>9 Desk research<br/>9.1 1 Using or re-using existing data 102<br/>9.2 Three methods for gathering and analysing existing data 107<br/>10 Analysing quantitative data<br/>10.1 Quantitative data 118<br/>10.2 Collecting and ordering the data 119<br/>10.3 Analysis 126<br/>10.4 Descriptive statistics 127<br/>10.5 Inferential statistics 128<br/>10.6 Reliability and validity when analysing quantitative data 135<br/>11 Analysing qualitative data<br/>11.1 Qualitative data 138<br/>11.2 Collecting and ordering the data 142<br/>11.3 Analysing the data 143<br/>11.4 The reliability and validity of qualitative data analysis 150<br/> 12 Reporting results 153<br/>12.1 Forums 153<br/>12.2 Reporting formats 155<br/>12.3 The purpose of reporting research results 158<br/>12.4 Writing down the results 159<br/>12.5 Prescription 164<br/>Bibliography 169<br/> Glossary 175<br/> Index 190<br/> <br/><br/><br/>169<br/>175<br/>190<br/> <br/><br/>•viii<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>74<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>86<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>102<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>118<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>138<br/> <br/><br/>12 Reporting results 153<br/>12.1 Forums 153<br/>12.2 Reporting formats 155<br/>12.3 The purpose of reporting research results 158<br/>12.4 Writing down the results 159<br/>12.5 Prescription 164<br/> <br/>Bibliography Glossary Index<br/> <br/><br/><br/>169<br/>175<br/>190<br/> <br/><br/> |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 69405 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FM |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Management | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 11/09/2019 | Astha Book Agency | 3224.40 | 2 | 001.42 THI | 021420 | 29/08/2022 | 16/08/2022 | 4031.10 | 20/08/2019 | Book |