Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts

by Evan M. Berman, Xiaohu Wang

Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach, Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts remains one of the most popular introductory books on statistics for public policy and public administration students, using carefully selected examples tailored specifically for them. The Fourth Edition continues to offer a conceptual understanding of statistics that can be applied readily to the real-life challenges of public administrators and policy analysts. The book provides examples from the areas of human resources management, organizational behavior, budgeting, and public policy to illustrate how public administrators interact with and analyze data.

368 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 30, 2016

About the author

Evan Michael Berman

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Grad school requirement. Grateful the class is over. I can't learn statistics from a book, but it did put me to sleep often.

[Kennedy]

Learning stats from a book = hard. But you know what? I think I could be a policy analyst so, thanks 🙏