PAP 3310 Lecture : PAP 3310 notes1.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3310
• Professor: Monica Gattinger

Document Summary

Pap 3310 sept 10, 2012 : week 2. Research is a systematic search for answers to questions using a clearly specified process for gathering and analyzing data. It is empirical, meaning that information is derived from experiment, observation or experience. " (johnson, p. 8) If you don"t have a definition of research then everything can seem like a research. It answers questions what you are trying to find out. Research is always informed by a question and it"s always challenging to find out just the question. It"s important to get the question right: many methods to answering the questions. And to figure out the process they use to gather the answers. Importance and particularities of research in public administration. Importance of research in public admin (class discussion: particularities: Nature of the issues: wicked problems", controversial issues. Nature of the context: political, research only one input to decisions.