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Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration Second Edition TABLE OF CONTENTS Contributor Information Preface Introduction I. Theory-based Public administration inquiry 1. The Logic of Inquiry in the Field of Public Administration Norma M. Riccucci 2. Theory Hugh T. Miller 3. Dealing with Multiple Paradigms in Public Administration Research Kaifeng Yang, Yahong Zhang & Marc Holzer 4. Where Do Research Questions Come From And How Are They Developed? Sam J. Yeager 5. Writing a Literature Review: The Art of Scientific Literature Domonic A. Bearfield and Warren S. Eller II. Research design 6. Purpose and Significance of Research Design Jonathan B. Justice 7. The Research Problem, Method, and Serendipity: One Investigator's Journey James S. Bowman 8. Threats to Validity in Research Designs Nicholas A. Giannatasio 9. The Responsible Conduct of Social Research Phyllis Coontz 10. Qualitative Research Methods Vache Gabrielian, Kaifeng Yang & Susan Spice 11. Comparative Research in Public Administration: A Historical-Institutionalist Perspective Robert S. Kravchuk 12. Legal Research Methods Julia Beckett III. Measurement and data collection 13. Describing and Measuring Phenomena in Public Administration Lung-Teng Hu & Dorothy Olshfski 14. Sampling and Data Collection Alana Northrop and Shelly Arsneault 15. Using the Survey as an Instrument of Inquiry in Research Sarmistha Rina Majumdar 16. Questionnaire Construction Donijo Robbins 17. Collecting Survey Data via Telephone: A Primer Richard W. Schwester 18. Obtaining Archival and Other Existing Records Suzanne J. Piotrowski IV. Data management 19. General Issues in Data Management Roslyn K. Chavda 20. Constructing Data Sets and Manipulating Data Carmine Scavo 21. Managing Large-Scale Electronic Data for Public Administration Research: An Information System Approach Yu-Che Chen V. Basic quantitative analysis 22. Introduction to Data Analysis Kamal Chavda 23. Applying Matrix Algebra in Statistical Analysis Sarmistha Rina Majumdar 24. Univariate Analysis Changhwan Mo 25. Statistics for Nominal and Ordinal Data Michael Margolis 26. Analysis of Variance Carmen Cirincione 27. Linear Correlation and Regression Leslie R. Alm and Susan G. Mason VI. Advanced quantitative analysis 28. Multivariate Regression Analysis Elizabeth A. Graddy and Lili Wang 29. Multivariate Techniques for Dichotomous Dependent Variables: An Application to Public Policy Mack C. Shelley 30. Identifying Dimensions and Types in Public Administration Research: Introduction to Principal Component Analysis, Factor Analysis and Other Clustering Techniques George Julnes 31. Confirmatory Factor Analysis: A Practical Introduction David H. Coursey 32. Introduction to Panel Data Analysis: Concepts and Practices Tae Ho Eom, Sock Hwan Lee and Hua Xu 33. Forecasting Methods for Serial Data Dan Williams VII. Other techniques 34. Data Envelopment Analysis for Performance Assessment and Decision-Making: An Introduction Patria De Lancer Julnes 35. Content Analysis Chieh-Chen Bowen and William M. Bowen 36. Meta-Analysis Chieh-Chen Bowen 37. Q Methodology Steven R. Brown & Dan W. Durning with Sally Selden 38. Methods of Network Analysis Simon A. Andrew and Richard C. Feiock 39. Economic Modeling Ronald John Hy and Jim R. Wollscheid 40. Grounded Analysis: Going Beyond Description to Derive Theory from Qualitative Data Ralph Brower and Hong-Sang Jeong 41. Research Methods Using Geographic Information Systems Akhlaque Haque VIII. Reporting, presentation, and teaching 42. Presenting Quantitative Research Results Jane E. Miller 43. Styles of Scholarship in Public Administration Kyle Farmbry and Lamar Bennett 44. Making the Translation: Strategies for Effective Data Presentation Marc Holzer, Kathryn Kloby & Aroon Manoharan 45. Influencing the Policy Process and Making Reports Usable to Citizens Kathe Callahan 46. Applying for Research Grants Neil De Haan.