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Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy.
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,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 T̀̀rue'' Effects Using the MST; Estimating the Magnitude of T̀̀rue'' Effects Using the PET; Conclusion; Part 2 Meta-Analysis in Public Management and Policy Research.
- 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.
- 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.