... Affairs and Administration, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IllinoisDANW. DURNING,PH.D. Research Associate, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, ... administration of public programs or in academic research involving theory-building and theory-testing. Second, the authors document illustrative past uses of quantitativemethods in public administration. ... Science and Public Administration, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North DakotaELIZABETHA. GRADDY,PH.D. Associate Professor, Program in Public Policy, School of Public Administration, ...