Laura Irwin Langbein is a quantitative methodologist and

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of public administration and policy at

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in Washington, D.C. She teaches

quantitative methods Quantitative research is a research strategy that focuses on quantifying the collection and analysis of data. It is formed from a deductive approach where emphasis is placed on the testing of theory, shaped by empiricist and positivist philoso ...

, program evaluation, policy analysis, and public choice. Her articles have appeared in journals on politics, economics, policy analysis and public administration. Langbein received a BA in government from

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in 1965 and a

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from the

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in 1972. She has taught at American University since 1973: until 1978 as an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Administration; from 1978 to 1983 as an associate professor in the School of Government and Public Administration; and since 1983 as a professor in the School of Public Affairs. She is also a private consultant on statistics, research design, survey research, and program evaluation and an accomplished

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ist. In August 2010, her article in ''International Public Management Journal'' received a best paper award and her ''

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'' article on same-sex marriage, co-authored by Mark Yost, was cited in the

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decision by a U.S. District Court in San Francisco, California.

Selected published works

* * * * * Policy Research Working Paper WPS4669. * Invited Comment: Point and Counterpoint on the Role of Random Assignment in Social Policy Research. * * * * * *

References

External links

Capitol Alert: Read the decision overturning Proposition 8International Public Management Network
{{DEFAULTSORT:Langbein, Laura I. Living people 1940s births Year of birth uncertain American University faculty Oberlin College alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni American women political scientists American political scientists American political writers 21st-century American women academics