TY  - GEN
AU  - Thiel, Sandra Van
TI  - Research methods in public administration and public management : an introduction
SN  - 9780415655828
U1  - 001.42 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  -  
N1  - Contents
List of illustrations	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
1.Research in public administration
1.1	The unique features of research in Public Administration	1
1.2	Research in Public Administration and policy	5
1.3 Aim and outline of the rest of the book	10
2	The research problem	12
2.1	Choosing and formulating a research problem	12
2.2	The research aim	15
2.3	The research question	17
3	Theoretical framework	24
3.1	1  The empirical cycle	24
3.2	What is theory?	28
3.3	Philosophies of science	31
3.4	The role of theory in Public Administration  research	36
4	Operationalization	43
4. 1  Operationalization in three steps	43
4.2	Sampling	45
4.3	Reliability and validity	48
4.4   Validity and reliability: sources of interference	51
5	Research design	54
5. 1  The different elements of the research design	54
5.2  Choosing a research strategy, method and technique 57
6	The experiment	61
6.1	The classic experiment	61
6.2	Simulations and gaming	64
6.3	The field experiment	67
6.4	Reliability and validity in experiments	68
6.5	Observation	70
7	The survey
7.1	The survey: characteristics and types	74
7.2	The written questionnaire	75
7.3	The reliability and validity of questionnaires	82
8	The case study
8.1	1  Case study research	86
8.2	The selection of cases	89
8.3	The reliability and validity of case studies	92
8.4	The interview	93
9	Desk research
9.1	1  Using or re-using existing data	102
9.2	Three methods for gathering and analysing existing data	107
10	Analysing quantitative data
10.1	Quantitative data	118
10.2	Collecting and ordering the data	119
10.3	Analysis	126
10.4	Descriptive statistics	127
10.5	Inferential statistics	128
10.6	Reliability and validity when analysing quantitative  data	135
11	Analysing  qualitative data
11.1	Qualitative data	138
11.2	Collecting and ordering the data	142
11.3	Analysing  the data	143
11.4	The reliability and validity of qualitative data analysis	150
 12	Reporting results	153
12.1	Forums	153
12.2	Reporting formats	155
12.3	The purpose of reporting research results	158
12.4	Writing down the results	159
12.5	Prescription	164
Bibliography 169
 Glossary  175
 Index  190
 


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12	Reporting results	153
12.1	Forums	153
12.2	Reporting formats	155
12.3	The purpose of reporting research results	158
12.4	Writing down the results	159
12.5	Prescription	164
 
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