Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration

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

Little background in statistics or research methods? No problem. APPLIED STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION is written especially for students and practitioners like you. All statistical techniques used by public administration professionals are covered, and all the examples in the text relate to public administration and the nonprofit sector.

Genres: Nonfiction, School

600 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!