Transforming research methods education through data science literacy

Overton, Michael; Kleinschmit, Stephen

doi:10.1177/01447394221084488

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“…Over the past 20 years, the methodological rigor of our research has increased exponentially, as has the methodological training we provide our PhD students. This has also led to a push for better methodological training in the MPA classroom (Overton & Kleinschmit, 2022a, 2022b). A side effect of the methods movement is that we too often train MPA students to conduct research in academic style rather than in the managerial style they will need to utilize to present information for decision‐making.…”

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Scholarly hypocrisy or apostasy in public administration: Preaching to the choir, or to an empty room?

Hall,

McDonald

2023

Public Administration Review

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As a discipline, public administration is at a crossroads. This is hardly the first time that concern has been raised about public administration scholarship's position (see Dubnick, 2018;Ostrom, 1973;Stivers & McDonald, 2023), but we currently find ourselves in a situation as unique as it is potentially dire. Like other disciplines, research within public administration has its roots in improving practice (Perry, de Graaf, van der Wal, & van Montfort, 2014;Vogel & Hattke, 2022). The creation of professional public administration education programs, namely Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs, coupled the basic and applied research of faculty with teaching and gave students access to state-of-the-art solutions to the novel policy and management problems of the day (Farrell, Hatcher, & Diamond, 2022;McDonald, Hatcher, & Abbott, 2022). Research and institutional expectations for extramural research funding, however, have driven a wedge between these two primary faculty functions (Coggburn & Neely, 2015;Tayaban & O'Leary, 2022). The growing emphasis to publish or perish creates a divide between what we teach in the classroom and the research we conduct back in our offices. So divergent are these needs that a proliferation of teaching professors and adjunct faculty is common in many large public policy schools. Moreover, there is a developing generational rift between scholars who see their purpose as contributing to the core theory of the discipline and publishing accordingly, versus those who dedicate their time to highly-applied sponsored research projects. The value proposition for faculty at research universities is now somewhere between a dual path that recognizes faculty for both publications and research funding, and a tangible shift in preference for the pocketbook over the publications that distinguish faculty, units, and universities.Let us be honest from the start-much of the research published in our journals today is completely inaccessible to lay practitioners. Overly theoretical work lacks a tangible connection to real-world problems. Sophisticated

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Scholarly hypocrisy or apostasy in public administration: Preaching to the choir, or to an empty room?

Hall,

McDonald

2023

Public Administration Review

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“…Recent research helps guide how to integrate e-government coursework into public administration programs. Overton and Kleinschmit (2022) There are at least two academic associations that seem to us to be naturals to take leadership roles in advocating for stronger and more programs in the academy in cybersecurity. They are the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA).…”

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“…Recent research helps guide how to integrate e‐government coursework into public administration programs. Overton and Kleinschmit (2022) made a strong case for incorporating data science tools in research methods courses in MPA programs. At a more program‐wide level, McQuiston and Manoharan (2017) detailed how to integrate e‐government courses into Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration's (NASPAA) five competencies.…”

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Local government cyber insecurity: Causes and recommendations for improvement

Norris,

Mateczun,

Hatcher

et al. 2023

Public Administration Review

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In this paper, we address several facets of the problem we call local government cyber insecurity – a problem that plagues such governments across the nation, if not the world. We describe this problem and discuss its manifestations in local governments. This is followed by our analysis of why, on average, local government cybersecurity is managed and practiced so poorly. Next, we discuss several constraints on local governments that may help to explain why so many of these governments are not able to provide highly effective cybersecurity. We then discuss steps that local governments can and should take to improve their cybersecurity, including adopting dedicated cybersecurity budgets, adopting several highly recommended cybersecurity policies, and following best cybersecurity practices.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Emergence and evolution of data literacy: Insights from a bibliometric study

Fernández-Pascual,

Pinto,

García Marco

2024

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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This study aims to contribute to the pertinent body of knowledge by examining the field of data literacy (DL) to better understand its trends and evolution, thematic clusters, relevant studies and the most productive authors and journals. The analysis of scientific literature indexed by Web of Science from 1980 to 2023 ( n = 1704 items) combined co-occurrence (using VOSviewer) and co-citation (using CiteSpace) techniques based on the words in the title and abstract, as well as the keywords, authors and journals. There is evidence of four main trend topics (Data Literacy, Statistical Literacy, Data-based assessment and e-society) and six thematic clusters (Data Literacy, Statistical Literacy, Quantitative Literacy, Big Data, Data Science and Quantitative Skills). With DL emerging in 2011, the research initially focused on both quantitative and statistical literacy, and later (2012–2016) shifted toward applying statistical literacy to various disciplines. Since 2018, the use of data has led to the emergence of fields like big data and data science, resulting in progress being made in data literacy. The combination of the two analysis techniques offers complementary perspectives: co-word analysis reveals fields of application, and co-citation analysis shows the internal evolution of the discipline. This study evidences a significant increase in publications on DL, indicating its expansion to several disciplines and a promising, yet uncertain, future.

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Transforming research methods education through data science literacy

Cited by 4 publications

References 50 publications

Scholarly hypocrisy or apostasy in public administration: Preaching to the choir, or to an empty room?

Scholarly hypocrisy or apostasy in public administration: Preaching to the choir, or to an empty room?

Local government cyber insecurity: Causes and recommendations for improvement

Emergence and evolution of data literacy: Insights from a bibliometric study

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