Umfang:
Online-Ressource (594 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781118190135
Inhalt:
Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy is a groundbreaking book that includes a proven set of tools for making sense of mountains of sometimes inconsistent conclusions from original research. The tools of meta-analysis can help to improve scholarship, ensure more accurate tests of theories, provide clearer and more authoritative advice for policy and management, and ultimately contribute to the wider knowledge base of public management and policy and the social sciences more broadly. This important resource contains an in-depth explanation of the six-stage process for conducting a me
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Exhibit; Preface; The Authors; Introduction: Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy; Introducing Meta-Analysis; The Institutionalization of Meta-Analysis; A Role for Meta-Analysis in Public Management and Policy; Meta-Analysis: Understanding the Basics; Adapting Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy; Conclusion; Part 1 Techniques of Meta-Analysis; Chapter 1 Conceptualizing Research and Gathering Studies; Conceptualizing a Meta-Analysis; Conducting a Literature Search in Meta-Analysis; Conclusion
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Chapter 2 Turning Studies into DataWhat to Code; The Process of Coding; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Calculating and Combining Effect Sizes; Calculating Effect Sizes; Fixed Effects and Random Effects Meta-Analysis; Combining Effect Sizes; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Meta-Regression Analysis; Historical Development of Meta-Regression; Designing a Meta-Regression; Fixed Effects Meta-Regression; Random Effects Meta-Regression; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Advanced Meta-Regression for Public Management and Policy; Clustered Robust Estimation in Meta-Regression
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Alternatives for Addressing Dependence in Meta-RegressionConclusion; Chapter 6 Publication Bias; Sources and Consequences of Publication Bias; Identifying Publication Bias; Remedying and Preventing Publication Bias; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Meta-Analysis in Economics; The FAT-MST-PET-MRA Approach to Meta-Regression; Assessing the FAT as a Test for Publication Bias; Identifying ``True'' Effects Using the MST; Estimating the Magnitude of ``True'' Effects Using the PET; Conclusion; Part 2 Meta-Analysis in Public Management and Policy Research
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Chapter 8 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Educational VouchersSchool Choice and Educational Vouchers; The Effectiveness of Educational Vouchers; Designing a Meta-Analysis of Voucher Effects; Searching the Literature; Data Analysis: Synthesis; Meta-Regression Analysis; Conclusion; Studies Coded for Meta-Analysis; Chapter 9 Performance Management in the Public Sector; Origin of Performance Management; Performance Management in the Literature; Literature Search; Data Analysis: Synthesis; Meta-Analytic Regression Analysis; Conclusion; Studies Coded for Meta-Analysis
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Addendum: Stratified Meta-Regression of Compstat and Compstat-Like ProgramsChapter 10 The Effects of Federal Poverty Deconcentration Efforts on Economic Self-Sufficiency and Problematic Behaviors; History of Poverty Deconcentration Programs in the United States; Theoretical Foundations of Poverty Deconcentration Policies; Impacts of Poverty Deconcentration Policies on Individual Economic and Behavioral Life Outcomes; Literature Search; Analysis; Meta-Regression Analysis; Conclusion; Studies Coded for Meta-Analysis; Chapter 11 The Relationship Between Public Service Motivation and Performance
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The Importance of a Possible PSM-Performance Relationship
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781118227657
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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