Essential statistics for public managers and policy analysts

Essential statistics for public managers and policy analysts

by Berman, Evan M.

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This is an introductory book on statistics for public policy and public administration students, using carefully selected examples tailored specifically for them. This edition offers a conceptual understanding of statistics that can be applied readily to the real-life challenges of public administrators and policy analysts. The book provides examples from the areas of human resources management, organizational behavior, budgeting, and public policy to illustrate how public administrators intera…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Essential statistics for public managers and policy analysts / Evan Berman, Victoria University of Wellington, XiaoHu Wang, City University of Hong Kong.

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This is an introductory book on statistics for public policy and public administration students, using carefully selected examples tailored specifically for them. This edition offers a conceptual understanding of statistics that can be applied readily to the real-life challenges of public administrators and policy analysts. The book provides examples from the areas of human resources management, organizational behavior, budgeting, and public policy to illustrate how public administrators interact with and analyze data.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2018
  • Edition:Fourth edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Sage/CQ Press
  • Place of Publication:Los Angeles
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2018

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781506364322, 1506364322, 9781506364339, 1506364330
  • oclc:on1224019451
  • LC Classification:JA71.7
  • Dewey Decimal:519.5

Table of Contents

Introduction. Why statistics for public managers and policy analysts? -- Research methods. Research design ; Conceptualization and measurement ; Measuring and managing performance : present and future ; Data collection -- Descriptive statistics. Central tendency ; Measures of dispersion ; Contingency tables ; Getting results -- Inferential statistics. Introducing inference : estimation from samples ; Hypothesis testing with chi-square ; The T-test ; Analysis of variance (ANOVA) ; Simple regression ; Multiple regression -- Further statistics. Logistic and time-series regression ; Survey of other techniques -- Appendixes. A : Normal distribution ; B : Chi-square (X²) distribution ; C : T-test distribution ; D : Durbin-Watson distribution ; E : F-test distribution.

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Subjects

Administration publique (Science) -- Mé… Policy sciences -- Statistical methods Public administration -- Statistical me… Sciences de la politique -- Méthodes st…

Writers

Berman, Evan M. Wang, XiaoHu

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