Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, Management and Policy

Edited by Eran Vigoda-Gadot, Professor of Public Administration and Management and Dana R. Vashdi, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Management, Division of Public Administration and Policy, School of Political Science, University of Haifa, Israel

'It is our duty to keep the field of public administration not just relevant, but also scientifically sound and excellent. This book pushes us to these levels. Research methods are not sufficient but necessary for this excellence. This book guides us to a renewed generation of research methods. It is compulsory reading for sustainable public administration.'

• Contents:1 Towards a new age of research methods in public administration, publicmanagement and public policy 1Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Dana R. VashdiPART I QUANTITATIVE AND MIXED METHODS2 Analysing relationships between multiple variables: applications forpublic administration, policy and management 13Dana R. Vashdi and Eran Vigoda-Gadot3 Mixed methods in public administration: advantages and challenges 28Paolo Belardinelli and Valentina Mele4 Agent-based modeling as a tool for public management research 42Fabian Homberg, Davide Secchi and Dinuka B. Herath5 Hybridizing agent-based with system dynamics models: principles fortheory development in public policy and management research 63Lisa Christen Gajary6 Measurement of public values that do not involve money 88Jonathan Baron7 Theory building in public administration: utilizing factor analysis in thedevelopment of analytical constructs 107Kalu N. Kalu8 The use of difference-in-differences (DiD) in public administration research 127Yaniv ReingewertzPART II QUALITATIVE AND COMPARATIVE METHODS9 Qualitative research approaches: application in a UK public administration context 139Ruth Plume, Alan Page and Hemda Garelick10 Comparative methods A: exploring big comparative questions in publicadministration 161Evan Berman and Don-Yun Chen11 Comparative methods B: comparative methods in public administration –the value of looking around 181Sabine Kuhlmann and Markus Seyfried12 Comparative methods C: building a cross-national research project 197Mary E. Guy and Seung-Bum YangPART III EXPERIMENTAL METHODS13 Experimental methods A: survey experiments in public administration 218B. Guy Peters and João V. Guedes-Neto14 Experimental methods B: laboratory experiments 234Robin BouwmanPART IV PROGRAM EVALUATION, POLICY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS15 Program evaluation A: program evaluation in action – traditional andinnovative approaches 254Huey T. Chen16 Program evaluation B: evaluation, big data, and artificial intelligence: twosides of one coin 277Frans L. Leeuw17 Policy analysis: evaluating big stories 298Shlomo Mizrahi18 Introduction to social network analysis methods 314Pamela A. MischenPART V BIG DATA AND ADVANCED METHODS19 Advanced methods and big data 337Donald F. Kettl20 Dealing with open data: measuring the performance of public highereducation institutions using open government data 353Vanessa Hernandes Oliveira de Oliveira and Róberson Macedo de OliveiraPART VI ETHICS, OUTLIERS AND REPORTING21 Ethical considerations in public administration research 365Richard. W. Schwester22 Finding gold in the dross: outliers as a resource for policy analysis 377Anat Gofen and David L. Weimer23 Constructive ending: how to finalize the conclusion and discussion ofa research project and a journal article 395Alexey G. BarabashevIndex 411