Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts

Informationen zum Autor past University Chair Professor at National Chengchi University (Taipei! Taiwan)! and a former policy analyst with the National Science Foundation. Klappentext Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach! this new! Third Edition of Essential Statistics provides students with a strong conceptual foundation! but continues to stress application. Class-tested learning objectives! key term lists! and numeroustables! figures! and charts further enhance skill acquisition. Fully updated! this edition touts: - two new chapters on applications in performance management and analysis and ANOVA - new coverage of essential nonparametric alternatives to conventional inferential statistics - additional material on performance management! going beyond an emphasis on performance measurement. Zusammenfassung Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach! this new third edition of Essential Statistics provides students with a strong conceptual foundation! but continues to stress application. Class-tested learning objectives! key term lists! and numerous tables! figures! and charts further enhance skill acquisition. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Why Statistics for Public Managers and Analysts? PART TWO: RESEARCH METHODS Research Design Conceptualization and Measurement Measuring and Managing Performance: Present and Future Data Collection PART THREE: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Central Tendency Measures of Dispersion Contingency Tables Getting Results PART FOUR: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS Hypothesis Testing with Chi-square Measures of Association The T-test Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Simple Regression Multiple Regression PART FIVE: FURTHER STATISTICS Logistic Regression Time Series Analysis Survey of Other Techniques Appendix: Statistical Tables

Product details

• Authors: Evan M Berman, Evan M. Berman, Evan M. Wang Berman, XiaoHu Wang
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.01.2012
• EAN: 9781608716777
• ISBN: 978-1-60871-677-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und Statistik