Case Study Design and Analysis as a Complementary Empirical Strategy to Econometric Analysis in the Study of Public Agencies: Deploying Mutually Supportive Mixed Methods
Case Study Design and Analysis as a Complementary Empirical Strategy to Econometric Analysis in the Study of Public Agencies: Deploying Mutually Supportive Mixed Methods
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案例研究设计和分析作为公共机构研究中计量经济分析的补充实证策略：部署相互支持的混合方法
DOI：
10.1093/jopart/muy049
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Dan Honig
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作者：
Dan Honig
关于如何以相互支持的方式在公共机构研究中最好地整合定性观察性案例研究数据和定量大N观察性数据，几乎没有方法学指导。相互支持的混合方法有广泛的潜在应用，只要一种调查工具（例如，计量经济学分析）具有弱点（例如，省略的变量、可能不是无偏的测量技术、不能估计感兴趣的重要量），另一种调查工具（例如，案例研究的过程跟踪）不。为了证明公共管理学术中相互支持的混合方法的广泛相关性，本文侧重于定性案例研究，作为解决与该领域特别相关的计量经济学挑战的一种方式：考虑单位的固定特征（例如，机构，或部门）在多单元研究。文章的中心点说明使用混合方法的数据对外国援助机构的管理实践和机构的绩效结果。
There is little methodological guidance regarding how to best integrate qualitative observational case study data and quantitative large-N observational data in the study of public agencies in a mutually supportive way. There are a broad range of potential applications of mutually supportive mixed methods, which can be of help whenever one tool of inquiry (e.g., econometric analysis) suffers from weaknesses (e.g., omitted variables, measurement techniques which may not be unbiased, the inability to estimate important quantities of interest) to which another tool of inquiry (e.g., process tracing of case studies) does not. To demonstrate the broad relevance of mutually supportive mixed methods in public management scholarship, this article focuses on qualitative case studies as a way of addressing an econometric challenge of particular relevance to the field: accounting for the fixed features of units (e.g., agencies, or departments) in multiunit studies. The article’s central points are illustrated using mixed method data on foreign aid agency management practice and agency performance outcomes.