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• Author/Creator:McNabb, David E.
  
• Title:Research methods in public administration and nonprofit management : quantitative and qualitative approaches / David E. McNabb.
  
• ISBN:9780765617675 (cloth : alk. paper)
  0765617676 (cloth : alk. paper)
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Published/Created:Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2008.
  
• Physical Description:xxx, 458 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
  
• Links:Table of contents only
  

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  • Call Number: JF1338.A2 M38X 2008 (LC)
    
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• Format:Book
• BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 423-438) and indexes.
  
• Contents:List of tables, figures, and boxes -- Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- Research fundamentals -- Introduction to research methods -- Research ethics: doing the right thing -- The building blocks of research -- Public administration research: theory and practice -- Research in nonprofit organizations -- Understanding the research process -- The eight steps of the research process -- Selecting a research topic -- Choosing a research design -- Putting together a research proposal -- Quantitative research strategies -- Fundamentals of quantitative research -- Introduction to sampling -- Writing questions and developing questionnaires -- Quantitative research methods -- Summarizing data with descriptive statistics -- Using tables, charts, and graphs -- Research hypotheses -- Testing hypotheses about two or more groups -- Testing relationships with correlation and regression -- Experiments and experimental design -- Nonparametric statistics -- Exploring multivariate statistics -- Conducting statistical tests with SPSS -- Qualitative research strategies and methods -- Introduction to qualitative research -- Research using the case study approach -- Research using the grounded theory approach -- Research using the ethnographic approach -- Critical research: action research approaches -- Critical research: empowerment and feminist models -- Analysis and interpretation of qualitative data -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Analyzing texts, documents, and artifacts -- Preparing the research report -- Writing the research report -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- About the author.
  
• Subjects:Public administration--Research--Methodology.
  Nonprofit organizations--Management.