Summary
Contents
Subject index
Opinion surveys are increasingly used to measure citizen response to governmental initiatives. Survey Research for Public Administration helps clarify the basics of survey research as they apply to public administration. Author David H. Folz organizes the book around the fundamental stages of the research process: planning, design, implementation, analysis, and presentation of data. Folz fills the book with practical illustrations and does not assume an extensive background in statistics. Thorough coverage of the use of computers in data analysis is provided, complete with illustrations of SPSS screens. This practical volume, Survey Research for Public Administration is integral for professionals and students in research methods, social work, sociology, and political science. “This book is succinct enough to be a quick source of reference and detailed enough in exposition to rival most of the other acclaimed textbooks. I would strongly recommend it for both practitioners and graduate students, since it is informative enough to be a quick reference and obviates a plethora of examples.” --Albert O. Assibey-Mensah, Ph.D., Kentucky State University, Frankfort
Sampling
Sampling
The selection of cases from the target population follows the decisions made by the researcher about information needs, survey objectives, the target population, the unit of analysis, and the method of contact. When resources are sufficient to send everyone in the target population a questionnaire, there is no need to draw a sample. Relatively small populations, such as the population of registered state lobbyists or members of the Capitol Hill press corps, may consist of only a few hundred or a score of individuals. Data gathered from an entire population are more accurate than data gathered from a sample, which will always have some error in approximations of population parameters. Researchers whose projects are small enough that they can survey entire populations may want ...
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