Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration

Name: Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration
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ISBN: 9780495501107

ISBN-10: 0495501107

ISBN-13: 9780495501107

Edition: 7th 2009

Authors: Kenneth J. Meier, Jeffrey L. Brudney, John Bohte

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As the first book ever published for public administration statistics courses, APPLIED STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION makes a complicated subject easy to understand for students and professionals who have little background in statistics or research methods. Steeped in experience and practice, this landmark text remains the first and best in research methods and statistics for students and practitioners in public--and nonprofit--administration. All statistical techniques used by public administration professionals are covered, and all examples in the text relate to public administration and the nonprofit sector. The text doesn't use jargon; instead, it uses a step-by-step…

Book details

List price: $191.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



List of Symbols


Preface



Foundations of Quantitative Analysis



Statistics and Public and Nonprofit Administration



Measurement



Research Design



Descriptive Statistics



Frequency Distributions



Measures of Central Tendency



Measures of Dispersion



Probability



Introduction to Probability



The Normal Probability Distribution



The Binomial Probability Distribution



Some Special Probability Distributions



Inferential Statistics



Introduction to Inference



Hypothesis Testing



Estimating Population Proportions



Testing the Difference between Two Groups



Analysis of Nominal and Ordinal Data



Construction and Analysis of Contingency Tables



Aids for the Interpretation of Contingency Tables



Statistical Control Table Analysis



Regression Analysis



Introduction to Regression Analysis



The Assumptions of Linear Regression



Time Series Analysis



Multiple Regression



Interrupted Time Series: Program and Policy Analysis



Regression Output and Data Management



Special Topics in Quantitative Management



Performance Measurement Techniques



Decision Theory



Linear Programming


Annotated Bibliography


Statistical Tables


Glossary


Answers to Odd-Numbered Computational Problems


Index