Applied Statistics for Public and Non-Profit Administration

Name: Applied Statistics for Public and Non-Profit Administration
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ISBN: 9780534602680

ISBN-10: 0534602681

ISBN-13: 9780534602680

Edition: 6th 2006 (Revised)

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

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As the first book ever published for Public Administration statistics coursees, this successful text makes a difficult subject accessible to students and practitioners of public administration 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 the examples in the text relate to public administration and the nonprofit sector.

Book details

List price: $284.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 4/22/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English




Foundations of Quantitative Analysis



Statistics and Public Administration 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



Special Topics In Quantitative Management



Regression Output and Data Management



Special Topics In Quantitative Management



Performance Measurement Techniques



Decision The ory



Linear Programming