Berman, Evan M. <br/><br/>
Essential statistics for public managers and policy analysts / 
Evan M. Berman, XiaoHu Wang. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  CQ Press,  c2012. 
 - xix, 369 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Why statistics for public managers and analysts? -- Research design -- Conceptualization and measurement -- Measuring and managing performance: present and future -- Data collection -- Central tendency -- Measures of dispersion -- Contingency tables -- Getting results -- Hypothesis testing with chi-square -- Measures of association -- The T-test -- Analysis of variance -- Simple regression -- Multiple regression -- Logistic regression -- Time series analysis -- Survey of other techniques. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781608716777 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011040925 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public administration--Statistical methods.<br/>Policy sciences--Statistical methods.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HA29  / .B425 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>519.5