Berman E.M., Wang X.-H. Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts

CQ Press, 2017. — 509 p.Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach, Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts remains one of the most popular introductory books on statistics for public policy and public administration students, using carefully selected examples tailored specifically for them. The Fourth Edition continues to offer a conceptual understanding of statistics that can be applied readily to the real-life challenges of public administrators and policy analysts. The book provides examples from the areas of human resources management, organizational behavior, budgeting, and public policy to illustrate how public administrators interact with and analyze data.Statistics RoadmapWhy Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts?
Research Methods
Research Design
Conceptualization and Measurement
Measuring and Managing Performance: Present and Future
Data Collection
Descriptive Statistics
Central Tendency
Measures of Dispersion
Contingency Tables
Getting Results
Inferential Statistics
Introducing Inference: Estimation from Samples
Hypothesis Testing with Chi-Square
The T-Test
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Simple Regression
Multiple Regression
Further Statistics
Logistic and Time Series Regression
Survey of Other Techniques
AppendixesAbout the Authors