Budget Management Functions: Financial Evaluation Budget Management Functions: Financial Evaluation Financial planning and budgeting are claimed to be vital in public organizations, but how can you tell if all that planning actually is paying off? The answer is simple: by conducting financial evaluations. Evaluating financial activities primarily consists of performing independent audits and reviews, which…
Wk 5 Research Questions and Hypotheses Discussion Wk 5 Research Questions and Hypotheses Discussion Discussion: Evaluating Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Quantitative Research Designs With a clear purpose in place, quantitative researchers have a roadmap for crafting their research questions and hypotheses that will further focus the approach they will take to investigate their topic (i.e.,…
The Executive Branch and Public Policy The Executive Branch and Public Policy Question 1: Economists differ in their ideas about using government spending to stimulate the economy. Some economists follow British political-economist John Maynard Keynes in advocating increased government expenditure to stimulate the economy when it is in recession. In their view, the federal deficit will…
Discussion: Statistical Significance and Meaningfulness Discussion: Statistical Significance and Meaningfulness Once you start to understand how exciting the world of statistics can be, it is tempting to fall into the trap of chasing statistical significance. That is, you may be tempted always to look for relationships that are statistically significant and believe they are valuable…