Using Mini-Cases of Real-World Quick Analyses in Analytical Techniques Courses

Abstract

Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs usually require students to complete one or two analytical techniques courses. Such courses often do not explore the application of specific techniques in real-world quick analyses conducted in the public sector to address a particular manager’s decision problem in a relevant and timely manner (perhaps in only a few days). This article presents mini-cases of actual quick analysis for use in analytical techniques courses. It illustrates how such mini-cases can be used to show students the application and value of specific techniques for conducting practical quick analyses; and it demonstrates the importance of communicating findings from quick analyses in brief, practical ways understandable and useful to busy public sector managers.

Cite this work

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 4 citations exist upstream.

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.