MICHAEL HOWELL-MORONEY

Associate Professor

Master of Public Administration Program

Department of Government

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Office: Ullman 236D

E-mail: mhowellm@uab.edu

Office Phone: 934-9019

Personal Info

 

Courses

FALL 2008

• MPA 606: Research Design (Syllabus in .pdf format)
• MPA 677: Urban Policy and Administration (Syllabus in .pdf format)

Spring 2009

• MPA 607: Statistical Analysis (Syllabus available in spring)
• MPA 683: Public Economics (Syllabus available in spring)

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Data Sources

• DATASETS FOR RESEARCH DESIGN AND STATISTICS

National

• Bureau of the Census

• CPANDA (Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive)

• Fedstats

• Geospatial and Statistical Data Center at the University of Virginia

• Inter-University Consortium For Political And Social Research

  • Note: To download most data, you must go through the Sterne Library portal-Click here

• Social Science Data on the Internet

• The Survey Documentation and Analysis Archive at UC Berkley

Global

• International Sources of Social Science Data

• SocioSite: Social Science Data Archives

• The World Bank

Planning Documents

•  Pelham, Alabama Comprehensive Plan (.pdf file)

•  Shelby County Subdivision Ordinance (.pdf file)

•  Shelby County Zoning Regulations (.pdf file)

Research Methods Resources

Case Study

•  Case Study Evaluations by the GAO (.pdf file)

General

• The Web Center for Social Research Methods

Human Subjects Protections

• The Belmont Report (.pdf file)

• The UAB Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Program Evaluation

• Designing Evaluations by the GAO (.pdf file)

Survey Research

• Using Structured Interview Techniques by the GAO (.pdf file)

• StatPac Tutorial on Questionnaire Design (MS Word file)

 

Urban Issues

Community Development

• National Congress for Community Economic Development

• The Enterprise Development Website

General Urban Issues

• The Urban Institute

• The Urban Land Institute

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Globalization

• Commanding Heights- The Battle for The World Economy

• The Globalization Website

• The International Forum on Globalization

Housing

• Fannie Mae Foundation

• Habitat for Humanity

• KnowledgePlex

Smart Growth and Sprawl

• Smart Growth America

• Smart Growth Online

• Sprawl Watch

• Sprawl Guide

• Sprawl City

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