Handbook of research methods in public administration, management and policy. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Eran Vigoda-Gadot, Dana R. Vashdi.
• Editors: Vigoda-Gadot, Eran; Vashdi, Dana R
• Contents: Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Towards a new age of research methods in public administration, public management and public policy -- PART I QUANTITATIVE AND MIXED METHODS -- 2. Analysing relationships between multiple variables: applications for public administration, policy and management -- 3. Mixed methods in public administration: advantages and challenges -- 4. Agent-based modeling as a tool for public management research -- 5. Hybridizing agent-based with system dynamics models: principles for theory development in public policy and management research 6. Measurement of public values that do not involve money -- 7. Theory building in public administration: utilizing factor analysis in the development of analytical constructs -- 8. The use of difference-in-differences (DiD) in public administration research -- PART II QUALITATIVE AND COMPARATIVE METHODS -- 9. Qualitative research approaches: application in a UK public administration context -- 10. Comparative methods A: exploring big comparative questions in public administration -- 11. Comparative methods B: comparative methods in public administration -- the value of looking around 12. Comparative methods C: building a cross-national research project -- PART III EXPERIMENTAL METHODS -- 13. Experimental methods A: survey experiments in public administration -- 14. Experimental methods B: laboratory experiments -- PART IV PROGRAM EVALUATION, POLICY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS -- 15. Program evaluation A: program evaluation in action -- traditional and innovative approaches -- 16. Program evaluation B: evaluation, big data, and artificial intelligence: two sides of one coin -- 17. Policy analysis: evaluating big stories -- 18. Introduction to social network analysis methods PART V BIG DATA AND ADVANCED METHODS -- 19. Advanced methods and big data -- 20. Dealing with open data: measuring the performance of public higher education institutions using open government data -- PART VI ETHICS, OUTLIERS AND REPORTING -- 21. Ethical considerations in public administration research -- 22. Finding gold in the dross: outliers as a resource for policy analysis -- 23. Constructive ending: how to finalize the conclusion and discussion of a research project and a journal article -- Index
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 426 pages)
• Subjects: 351.072; Public administration -- Research; Political planning; Political planning; Public administration -- Research; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1789903483; 9781789903485
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 06, 2021).
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