Gary R. Rassel, Jocelyn Devance Taliaferro, Stacy M. Rassel, Elizabethann O'Sullivan

Practical Research Methods for Nonprofit and Public Administrators (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Practical Research Methods for Nonprofit and Public Administrators, Second Edition, covers basic principles of research design, data collection, data analysis, reporting and ethical principles of research. The discussion describes the skills as they would be used in practice in a not for profit or public administration environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000816440
• Artikelnr.: 66360872

Autorenporträt

Gary R. Rassel has a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He taught and held administrative positions at North Carolina State University, University of Virginia, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. He was program manager in the North Carolina Division of Health Services. He is co-author of a textbook, Research Methods for Public Administrators (Routledge, 2021), now in its seventh edition, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers.

Jocelyn DeVance Taliaferro has a Ph.D. from University of Delaware and an MSW from Howard University. She is a Professor of Social Work at NC State University. Her teaching and research interests include teaching using contemporary television, social work lobbying, and Black women's mental health. She has authored books, articles, and reports about capacity building for individuals, organizations, and communities.

Stacy M. Rassel has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA. She is the Director of Consulting at The Improve Group, a research and evaluation consulting firm based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her work focuses on conducting external evaluations and building the evaluation capacity of organizations and individuals.

Elizabethann O'Sullivan, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at North Carolina State University at Raleigh, USA, passed away in 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION I. Research in Nonprofit and Public Programs Chapter 1. Research in
Public and Nonprofit Programs: The Basics Chapter 2. Measurement Chapter 3.
Ethical Treatment of Research Subjects; SECTION II. Performance Measurement
Systems: Their Design and Analysis Chapter 4. Designing Performance
Measures and Monitoring Systems Chapter 5. Analyzing Performance Measures;
SECTION III. Citizen Surveys Chapter 6. Selecting and Contacting Subjects
Chapter 7. Questions and Questionnaires for Surveys and Interviews Chapter
8. Describing Relationships Among Variables Chapter 9. Generalizing From
Research Data: Applying Inferential Statistics Chapter 10. Analyzing
Interviews and Open-Ended Questions; SECTION IV. Programs and
Community-Based Research Chapter 11. Research To Evaluate Programs Chapter
12. Community-Based Participatory Research Methods Chapter 13. Working With
Geographic Information Systems Chapter 14. Communicating Findings