AuthorBerman, Evan M, author
TitleEssential statistics for public managers and policy analysts / Evan Berman, Victoria University of Wellington, XiaoHu Wang, City University of Hong Kong
ImprintLos Angeles : SAGE/CQ Press, 2018
Edition Fourth edition
Descript xix, 343 pages ; 24 cm

CONTENT

Section I. Introduction : Why statistics for public managers and policy analysts -- Section II. Research Methods : Research Design ; Conceptualization and measurement ; Measuring and managing performance: Present and future ; Data collection -- Section III. Descriptive statistics : Central tendency : Measures of dispersion ; Contingency tables ; Getting results -- Section IV. Inferential statistics : Introducing inference: Estimation from samples ; Hypothesis testing with Chi-Square ; The T-Test ; Analysis of variance (ANOVA) ; Simple regression ; Multiple regression -- Section V. Further statistics -- Logistic and time series regression ; Survey of other techniques


SUBJECT

  1. Social sciences -- Statistical methods

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Political Science Library519.5 B516E 2018 DUE 12-12-25