Book description
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, provide clearer and more
authoritative advice for policy and management, and ultimately
contribute to the wider knowledge base of public management and policy
and the social sciences more broadly.
This important resource contains an in-depth explanation of the
six-stage process for conducting a meta-analysis which consists of
Scoping, Literature Search, Data Coding, Calculating and Combining
Effect Sizes, Explaining Differences in Effect Sizes Across Original
Studies, and Identifying Areas for Further Research. The text includes
detailed explanations of the statistical approaches to meta-analysis
that have been found to be most useful to researchers and
practitioners in public management and policy, and offers four
original meta-analyses of school vouchers, performance measurement,
public housing decentralization, and public service motivation. These
original studies (conducted by the author and his team) offer
step-by-step templates for how to conduct a meta-analysis while also
contributing original research on important issues in public
management and policy.
Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy is the hands-on
resource that can help students and professionals improve the quality
and the relevance of research in public management and policy.
Evan J. Ringquist is professor and director of the Ph. D. programs in
Public Affairs and Public Policy in the School of Public and
Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
