Revisiting the Doctoral Dissertation in Public Administration: An Examination of the Dissertations of 1990.

Cleary, Robert E.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Revisiting the Doctoral Dissertation in Public Administration: An Examination of the Dissertations of 1990.

Cleary, Robert E.

Public Administration Review, v52 n1 p55-61 Jan-Feb 1991

A comparison of 142 public administration doctoral dissertations from 1981 with 165 from 1990 found that the latter showed substantial improvement in quality based on 6 criteria (purpose, design, theory testing, causation, important topic, and cutting edge). Little improvement was found in selection of topics. (SK)

Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Public Administration, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Research Projects

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Language: English

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