Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy

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Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy is agroundbreaking book that includes a proven set of tools for makingsense of mountains of sometimes inconsistent conclusions fromoriginal research. The tools of meta-analysis can help to improvescholarship, ensure more accurate tests of theories, provideclearer and more authoritative advice for policy and management,and ultimately contribute to the wider knowledge base of publicmanagement and policy and the social sciences more broadly. This important resource contains an in-depth explanation of thesix-stage process for conducting a meta-analysis which consists ofScoping, Literature Search, Data Coding, Calculating and CombiningEffect Sizes, Explaining Differences in Effect Sizes AcrossOriginal Studies, and Identifying Areas for Further Research. Thetext includes detailed explanations of the statistical approachesto meta-analysis that have been found to be most useful toresearchers and practitioners in public management and policy, andoffers four original meta-analyses of school vouchers, performancemeasurement, public housing decentralization, and public servicemotivation. These original studies (conducted by the author and histeam) offer step-by-step templates for how to conduct ameta-analysis while also contributing original research onimportant issues in public management and policy. Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy is thehands-on resource that can help students and professionals improvethe quality and the relevance of research in public management andpolicy.

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  Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy

  • 2013-01-03
  • 531 pages
  • Paperback
  • John Wiley & Sons

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