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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.
Figures, Tables, and Exhibit ix
Preface xv
The Authors xxi
Introducing: Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy 1
Evan J. Ringquist and Mary R. Anderson
Introducing Meta-Analysis 4
The Institutionalization of Meta-Analysis 5
A Role for Meta-Analysis in Public Management and Policy 9
Meta-Analysis: Understanding the Basics 17
Adapting Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy 31
Conclusion 34
PART ONE: TECHNIQUES OF META-ANALYSIS 37
1 Conceptualizing Research and Gathering Studies 39
Evan J. Ringquist
Conceptualizing a Meta-Analysis 40
Conducting a Literature Search in Meta-Analysis 50
Conclusion 66
2 Turning Studies into Data 68
Evan J. Ringquist
What to Code 70
The Process of Coding 85
Conclusion 97
3 Calculating and Combining Effect Sizes 102
Evan J. Ringquist
Calculating Effect Sizes 103
Fixed Effects and Random Effects Meta-Analysis 118
Combining Effect Sizes 124
Conclusion 137
4 Meta-Regression Analysis 141
Evan J. Ringquist
Historical Development of Meta-Regression 142
Designing a Meta-Regression 144
Fixed Effects Meta-Regression 151
Random EffectsMeta-Regression 171
Conclusion 189
5 Advanced Meta-Regression for Public Management and Policy 191
Evan J. Ringquist
Clustered Robust Estimation in Meta-Regression 193
Alternatives for Addressing Dependence in Meta-Regression 207
Conclusion 229
6 PublicationBias 231
Evan J. Ringquist
Sources and Consequences of Publication Bias 232
Identifying Publication Bias 238
Remedying and Preventing Publication Bias 253
Conclusion 266
7 Meta-Analysis in Economics 268
Evan J. Ringquist
The FAT-MST-PET-MRA Approach to Meta-Regression 269
Assessing the FAT as a Test for Publication Bias 272
Identifying “True” Effects Using the MST 291
Estimating the Magnitude of “True” Effects Using the PET 292
Conclusion 307
PART TWO: META-ANALYSIS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND POLICY RESEARCH 309
8 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Educational Vouchers 311
Mary R. Anderson, Tatyana Guzman and Evan J. Ringquist
School Choice and Educational Vouchers 312
The Effectiveness of Educational Vouchers 318
Designing a Meta-Analysis of Voucher Effects 324
Searching the Literature 331
Data Analysis: Synthesis 335
Meta-Regression Analysis 339
Conclusion 348
Studies Coded for Meta-Analysis 349
9 Performance Management in the Public Sector 352
Ed Gerrish and Po-Ju Wu
Origin of Performance Management 354
Performance Management in the Literature 359
Literature Search 368
Data Analysis: Synthesis 372
Meta-Analytic Regression Analysis 379
Conclusion 390
Studies Coded for Meta-Analysis 393
Addendum: StratifiedMeta-Regression of Compstat and Compstat-Like Programs 394
10 The Effects of Federal Poverty Deconcentration Efforts on Economic Self-Sufficiency and Problematic Behaviors 398
Joe Bolinger and Lanlan Xu
History of Poverty Deconcentration Programs in the United States 399
Theoretical Foundations of Poverty Deconcentration Policies 402
Impacts of Poverty Deconcentration Policies on Individual Economic and Behavioral Life Outcomes 408
Literature Search 413
Analysis 416
Meta-Regression Analysis 426
Conclusion 436
Studies Coded for Meta-Analysis 439
11 The Relationship Between Public Service Motivation and Performance 442
David C. Warren and Li-Ting Chen
The Importance of a Possible PSM-Performance Relationship 443
Theoretical Foundations of the PSM-Performance Relationship 444
Framing the Meta-Analysis of the PSM-Performance Relationship 447
Data Analysis 455
Meta-Regression Analysis 462
Conclusion 468
Studies Coded for Meta-Analysis 473
Conclusion: Meta-Analysis and the Future of Research in Public Management and Policy 475
Mary R. Anderson and Evan J. Ringquist
Why Meta-Analysis? 478
Why Meta-Analysis Now? 480
Meta-Analysis for Public Management and Policy: An Adaptation 481
A World of Possibilities: The Future of Meta-Analysis in Public Management and Policy 484
Appendix: Coding Sheets 487
A1: School Vouchers 488
A2: Performance Management 494
A3: Public Housing 502
A4: Public Service Motivation 508
References 514
Name Index 543
Subject Index 549
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