02032nam a22002657a 4500 AUA.1 20170925135459.0 160226t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2013031328 9781452203522 (pbk. : alk. paper) JTL JF1338.A2 N57 2014 Nishishiba, Masami 52754 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. Public administration Research Methodology. 52755 Nonprofit organizations Management. 52756 Management. 52757 Jones, Mattew 52758 Kraner, Mariah 52759 lcc RESC JF 1338.A2 N57 2014 14548 14548 0 0 lcc 0 0 JTL Research Collection AUA.1 AUA.1 RESC 2016-02-26 Bought by JTL 101.02 AUA017498 6 JF 1338 .A2 N57 2014 AUA017498 2023-09-11 12:54:15 2023-09-10 101.02 2016-02-26 RESC