RPA-Essay #5 - See attached

Assignment #5: Research Paper


  • Required Reading(s)

    • We all need help “Big data” and the mismeasure of public administration

    • Chapter 1 in Textbook 1 (See attached)

Book: The Essential Guide to Doing Research by Zina O’Leary

    • Literature Review PPT


  • Assignment:

Each student will submit a 3-page essay that analyzes a peer-reviewed research article of their choosing from

  • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,

  • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory,

  • Public Administration Review

  • American Review of Public Administration,

  • Public Budgeting and Finance,

  • Five leading journals in the field of public management,

  • Policy analysis and public budgeting

You will be responsible for selecting ONE (1) research article journal for this assignment, based on your own research interest. You will be expected to discuss how the author designed his/her research and evaluate how well they did based on the criteria covered in the class in this essay.

Student participation includes the following attributes:

  • Submissions utilize correct word usage, spelling, and punctuation.

  • All non-original work MUST be cited, in text and at the end of the document, in APA format, including both published and unpublished sources.

  • To avoid plagiarism, other people’s words MUST be quoted and cited, and other people’s ideas must be cited.

  • For an overview avoiding plagiarism, visit the Purdue University Online Writing Lab: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/.

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE WRITER:

Please read the required reading(s).

Per Professor’s instructions I chose a Public Administration Review Article. See attached material(s)

Follow the instructions above.

Sources cited should be from the reading document(s).

Thank you,

Customer