Full Description
With new critical thinking questions, data-based exercises, tips on data presentation, and suggested reading lists, this workbook gets students comfortable applying each technique. Helpful software primers on SPSS and Excel provide essential skills. The workbook's CD includes seven data sets that cover a range of measures and applications (available in SPSS, SAS, SYSTAT, Stata, and Excel).
Contents
PART ONEWhy Statistics for Public Managers and Analysts?PART TWO: RESEARCH METHODSResearch DesignConceptualization and MeasurementMeasuring and Managing Performance: Present and FutureData CollectionPART THREE: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSCentral TendencyMeasures of DispersionContingency TablesGetting ResultsPART FOUR: INFERENTIAL STATISTICSHypothesis Testing with Chi-squareMeasures of AssociationThe T-testAnalysis of Variance (ANOVA)Simple RegressionMultiple RegressionPART FIVE: FURTHER STATISTICSLogistic RegressionTime Series AnalysisSurvey of Other TechniquesAppendix: Statistical Tables
