TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nishishiba, Masami
AU  - Jones, Mattew
AU  - Kraner, Mariah
TI  - Research methods and statistics for public and nonprofit administrators: a practical guide / 
SN  - 9781452203522 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - JF1338.A2  N57 2014
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Los Angeles : 
PB  - SAGE
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Nonprofit organizations
KW  - Management
N1  - 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
ER  -