Discussion Post Brief Article Analysis

Discussion 1 (Please make sure you answer the questions below in the post)

Post a brief analysis of a referred journal article relating to the public or nonprofit sectors Your        current event post should attach the article in a pdf and critical analysis. Article must be about something in public administration and contains quantitative/stastical data. Use one of the resources     listed. The analysis should answer the following questions:

What is the research topic?
What is the research objective?
What research questions do you have after reading the article?
What are the main ideas summarized in the literature review?
How does the literature review relate to the research objective and question?
What is the research hypothesis?
What is the population of interest?
How did the author identify the sample?
What descriptive statistics did the author provide?
Should there have been additional descriptive statistics?
Was the hypothesis supported or not supported?
Was the result significant?
Discuss how the author(s) dealt with each of the seven research components and address if the research has any alignment issues.

****List of Journals in Public Administration****
Administrative Science Quarterly
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Public Administration Review
Journal of Public Relations Research
Journal of European Public Policy
Review of Public Personnel Administration
Research and Politics
Educational Administration Quarterly
Policy Studies Journal
American Review of Public Administration
Public Management Review
Criminology and Public Policy
Journal of Educational Administration
Governance
Policy Sciences
International Public Management Journal
Journal of Social Policy
Regulation and Governance
Human Resources for Health
Policy and Politics
Public Administration
Government and Opposition
Policy and Internet
Policy and Society
Journal of Information Technology and Politics
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Administration and Society
Social Policy and Administration
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
Publius
International Review of Administrative Sciences
Information Technology for Development
Science and Public Policy
Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
Public Performance & Management Review
Review of Policy Research
Policing
Journal of Public Policy
Globalizations
Voluntas
Public Personnel Management
Politics and Governance
Area Development and Policy
Public Budgeting and Finance
Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy
Journal of Education and Work
Journal of Data and Information Science
International Journal of Public Sector Management
Public Policy and Administration