01334pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001900040245009100059260000900150300001400159362000800173520076300181650002600944700002000970773003100990909001001021999001701031952010401048180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aLowery, Daniel  aThe iron cage of methodology: the vicious circle of means limiting ends limiting means  c2004  ap.306-27.  aJul  aThis article addresses the strategies and tools that public administration scholars use to understand phenomena of interest. The range of qualitative methods used has been limited, and the kind of rigor generally associated with quantitative methods has largely been absent in the application of their qualitative counterparts. Two conclusions are drawn from an analysis of articles published in two respected journals: Training on research methods in Ph.D. and M.P.A. programs should be expanded to include a broader range of strategies and tools, and the rigorous use of a broader range of research tools promises to better position the field of public administration to identify, examine, the answer the many big questions that it now faces. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aEvans, Karen G.  aAdministration and Society  a61474  c61474d61474  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 36, Issue no: 3pAR61920r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR