| Exercising Essential Statistics Contributor(s): Berman, Evan M. (Author), Wang, Xiaohu (Author) |
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ISBN: 1506348955 ISBN-13: 9781506348957 Publisher: CQ Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General |
| Dewey: 001.422 |
| LCCN: 2016034389 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (1.05 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through the use of critical thinking questions and data-based exercises, Evan Berman and Xiaohu Wang's Exercising Essential Statistics helps students apply the techniques described in Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts, Fourth Edition. This accompanying workbook gives students the opportunity to practice these techniques through hands-on, carefully crafted exercises. Various examples are provided from human resource management, organizational behavior, budgeting, and public policy to illustrate how public administrators interact with and analyze data. The workbook′s CD includes seven data sets that cover a range of measures and applications (available in SPSS, SAS, SYSTAT, Stata, and Excel). |
Contributor Bio(s): Berman, Evan M.: - Evan M. Berman is Professor of Public Management and Director of Internationalization at Victoria University of Wellington, School of Government. Prior, he was the Huey McElveen Distinguished Professor at Louisiana State University. His areas of expertise are human resource management, public performance, local government, and public governance in Asia. He is past Chair of the American Society for Public Administration's Section of Personnel and Labor Relations. He has over 125 publications and 12 books, including People Skills At Work (CRC Press, 2011), Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts, Third Edition (CQ Press, 2012), and a trilogy of books on Public Administration in Asia (2010, 2011, 2013, CRC Press). He has published in all major journals of the discipline, is Senior Editor of Public Performance & Management Review, a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar, past University Chair Professor at National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan), and a former policy analyst with the National Science Foundation. |