Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration

by Kenneth J. Meier, Jeffrey L. Brudney, John Bohte

As the first book ever published for public administration statistics courses, APPLIED STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION makes a difficult subject accessible to students and practitioners of public administration and to non-profit studies who have little background in statistics or research methods. Steeped in experience and practice, this landmark text remains the first and best in research methods and statistics for students and practitioners in public-and nonprofit-administration. All statistical techniques used by public administration professionals are covered, and all examples in the text relate to public administration and the nonprofit sector. Avoiding jargon and formula, this text uses a step-by-step approach that facilitates student learning.

Genres: Nonfiction, School

528 pages, Paperback

First published April 22, 2005

Reviews

[Bella Boom-Haupt · Rating 2 out of 5]

don’t even get me started…….

[Sohvi Saar]

traumatizing

[Alexandra Chauran · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book boasted a lot about being accessible and about leaving all the tougher questions to "ask a statistician," but it was still pretty difficult to follow. The examples chosen seemed to often have trick questions that had random "and sometimes Y" sort of exceptions to the rule. Sure, that helped us avoid those problems on tests, but it was terrible for introducing new concepts. I also had trouble figuring out how to use the statistical tables at the end of the book and would have loved them to lead me through it. Also, variables were often reintroduced at points in the book without referencing where to look them up to find out what they were. All that being said, I'm getting an A in my quantitative methods class, so I guess this book is teaching me plenty.

[Laurel · Rating 3 out of 5]

the title says it all, yippee!