Part I - Theory-based public administration inquiry Chapter 1 - The logic of inquiry in the field of public admnistration - Norma M. Riccucci Chapter 2 - Theory - Hugh T. Miller Chapter 3 - Dealing with multiple paradigms in public administration research - Kaifeng Yang, Yahong Zhang, and Marc Holzer Chapter 4 - Where do research questions come from and how are they developed? - Samuel J. Yeager Chapter 5 - Writing a literature review: The art of scientific literature - Domonic A. Bearfield and Warren S. Eller Part II - Research Design Chapter 6 - Purpose and significance of research design - Jonathan B. Justice Chapter 7 - The research problem, method, and serendipity: An investigator's journey - James S. Bowman Chapter 8 - Threats to validity in research designs - Nicholas A. Giannatasio Chapter 9 - The responsible conduct of social research - Phyllis Coontz Chapter 10 - Qualitative research methods - Vache Gabrielian, Kaifeng Yang, and Susan Spice Chapter 11 - Comparative research in public administration: a historical-institutionalist perspective - Robert S. Kravchuk Chapter 12 - Legal research methods - Julia Beckett Part III - Measurement and data collection Chapter 13 - Describing and measuring phenomena in public administration - Lung-Teng Hu and Dorothy Olshfski Chapter 14 - Sampling and data collection - Alana Northrop and Shelly Arsneault Chapter 15 - Using the survey as an instrument of inquiry in research - Sarmistha Rina Majumdar Chapter 16 - Questionnaire construction - Donijo Robbins Chapter 17 - Collecting survey data via telephone: A primer - Richard W. Schwester Chapter 18 - Obtaining archival and other existing records - Suzanne J. Piotrowski Part IV - Data Management Chapter 19 - General issues in data management - Roslyn K. Chavda Chapter 20 - Constructing data sets and manipulating data - Carmine Scavo Chapter 21 - Managing large-scale electronic data for public administration research: An information system approach - Yu-Che Chen Part V - Basic quantitative analysis Chapter 22 - Introduction to data analysis - Kamal Chavda Chapter 23 - Applying Matrix Algebra in statistical analysis - Sarmistha Rina Majumdar Chapter 24 - Univariate analysis - Changhwan Mo Chapter 25 - Statistics for nominal and ordinal data - Michael Margolis Chapter 26 - Analysis of variance - Carmen Cirincione Chapter 27 - Linear correlation and regression - Leslie R. Alm and Susan G. Mason Part VI - Advanced quantitative analysis Chapter 28 - Multivariate regression analysis - Elizabeth A. Graddy and Lili Wang Chapter 29 - Multivariate techniques for dichotomous dependent variables: an application to public policy - Mack C. Shelley, II Chapter 30 - Identifying dimensiones and types in public administration research: Introduction to principal components analysis, factor analysis, and cluster analysis - George Julnes Chapter 31 - Confirmatory factor analysis: A practical introduction - David H. Coursey Chapter 32 - Introduction to panel data analysis: Concepts and practices - Tae Ho Eom, Sock Hwan Lee, and Hua Xu Chapter 33 - Forecasting methods for serial data - Dan Williams Part VII - Other Techniques Chapter 34 - Data envelopment analysis for performance assessment and decision making - Patria de Lancer Julnes Chapter 35 - Content analysis - Chieh-Chen Bowen and William M. Bowen Chapter 36 - Meta-Analysis - Chieh-Chen Bowen Chapter 37 - Q methodology - Steven R. Brown, Dan W. Durning, and Sally C. Selden Chapter 38 - Methods of network analysis - Simon A. Andrew and Richard C. Feiock Chapter 39 - Economic modeling - Ronald John Hy and Jim R. Wollscheid Chapter 40 - Grounded analysis: Going beyond description to derive theory from qualitative data- Ralph S. Brower and Hong-Sang Jeong Chapter 41 - Research methods using geographic information systems - Akhlaque Haque Part VIII - Reporting, presentation, and teaching Chapter 42 - Presenting quantitative research results - Jane E. Miller Chapter 43 - Styles of scholarship in public administration - Kyle Farmbry and Lamar Vernon Bennett Chapter 44 - Making the translation: strategies for effective data presentation - Marc Holzer, Kathryn Kloby, and Aroon Manoharan Chapter 45 - Influencing the policy process: Making performance reports relevant to citizens - Kathe Collahan Chapter 46 - Applying for research grants - Neil De Haan