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      What Works book

      A New Approach to Program and Policy Analysis

      What Works

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      What Works book

      A New Approach to Program and Policy Analysis
      ByKenneth J. Meier, Jeff Gill
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2000
      eBook Published 17 June 2019
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429503108
      Pages 192
      eBook ISBN 9780429503108
      Subjects Politics & International Relations
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      Meier, K.J., & Gill, J. (2000). What Works: A New Approach to Program and Policy Analysis (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429503108

      ABSTRACT

      What Works is a concise methods text that represents a new approach for policy program analysis. The authors, Meier and Gill, combine statistics with normative concerns. They consider how things might be, and they focus on subsets of cases that differ from the norm. Their approach uses regression and methods in a qualitative, yet rigorous manner.In What Works, the authors address questions such as the following: why do some agencies learn to perform missions faster than others? What factors influence this learning? In which states do criminal justice policies based on deterrence work? What do excellent school districts do differently from those that are simply better than average? Why do some firms comply with public policy quickly while others wait?The case examples the authors employ and evaluate are especially helpful. What Works will appeal to anyone seriously interested in policy analysis, and in learning about--and understanding--new approaches for policy program analysis.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|15 pages

      Zen and the Art of Policy Analysis: Substantively Weighted Analytical Techniques

      ByKenneth J. Meier, Jeff Gill

      chapter 2|24 pages

      An Introduction to Substantively Weighted Least Squares 1

      ByKenneth J. Meier, Jeff Gill, Lael R. Keiser

      chapter 3|18 pages

      The Theory and Application of Generalized Substantively Reweighted Least Squares 1

      ByJeff Gill, Kenneth J. Meier

      chapter 4|23 pages

      Substantively Weighted Analytical Techniques for Successes and Failures: SWLS and GSRLS 1

      ByJeff Gill, Kenneth J. Meier

      chapter 5|16 pages

      Separating Excellent Agencies from the Good Ones: Pushing the Extremes of the Data Distribution 1

      ByJeff Gill, Kenneth J. Meier

      chapter 6|20 pages

      Weighting with an Exogenous Variable or with Two Exogenous Variables: Equity Versus Excellence in Organizations 1

      ByKenneth J. Meier, Jeff Gill, Robert D. Wrinkle, J. L. Polinard

      chapter 7|28 pages

      SWAT in Pooled Analysis 1

      ByKevin B. Smith, Kenneth J. Meier, Jeff Gill

      chapter 8|8 pages

      The Zen and the Practice: Some Final Remarks

      ByJeff Gill, Kenneth J. Meier
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