Brian Stipak, Research Publications and Reports


Journal Articles

Brian Stipak, "An Analysis of the 1968 Rapid Transit Vote in Los Angeles," Transportation, Vol. 2 (April 1973), pp. 71-86. Also available through the National Technical Information Service, report PB-214 252/9.

Brian Stipak, "Attitudes and Belief Systems Concerning Urban Services," Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 41 (Spring 1977), pp. 41-55.

Brian Stipak, "Citizen Satisfaction with Urban Services: Potential Misuse as a Performance Indicator," Public Administration Review, Vol. 39 (January/February 1979), pp. 46-52.

Carl Hensler and Brian Stipak, "Estimating Interval Scale Values for Survey Item Response Categories," American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23 (August 1979), pp. 627-649.

Brian Stipak, "Are There Sensible Ways to Analyze and Use Subjective Indicators of Urban Service Quality?" Social Indicators Research, Vol. 6 (October 1979), pp. 421-438.

Brian Stipak, "Analysis of Policy Issues Concerning Social Integration," Policy Sciences, Vol. 12 (June 1980), pp. 41-60.

John M. Stevens, Thomas C. Webster, and Brian Stipak, "Response Time: Role in Assessing Police Performance," Public Productivity Review, Vol. 4 (September 1980), pp. 210-230.

Brian Stipak, "Local Governments' Use of Citizen Surveys," Public Administration Review, Vol. 40 (September/October 1980), pp. 521-525.

Brian Stipak, "Using Clients to Evaluate Programs," Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, Vol. 5 (1980), pp. 137-154.

James C. McDavid and Brian Stipak, "Simultaneous Scaling of Offense Seriousness and Sentence Severity Through Canonical Correlation Analysis," Law and Society Review, Vol. 16 (1981-82), pp. 147-162.

Brian Stipak and Carl Hensler, "Statistical Inference in Contextual Analysis," American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 26 (February 1982), pp. 151-175.

John M. Stevens and Brian Stipak, "Factors Associated with Police Apprehension Productivity," Journal of Police Science and Administration, Vol. 10 (March 1982), pp. 52-57.

Brian Stipak and Carl Hensler, "Effect of Neighborhood Racial and Socioeconomic Composition on Urban Residents' Evaluations of Their Neighborhoods," Social Indicators Research, Vol. 12 (April 1983), pp. 311-320.

Brian Stipak and James C. McDavid, "Statistical Procedures for Analyzing Factors Affecting Judicial Sentences Using Simultaneously Derived Crime Seriousness and Sentence Severity Scales," International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Vol. 7 (Spring 1983), pp. 21-34.

Brian Stipak, "Towards More Thoughtful and Responsible Use of Public Opinion Data by Local Administrators," Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 5 (Summer 1983), pp. 249-256.

Brian Stipak, "Interpreting Subjective Data for Program Evaluation," Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 12 (December 1983), pp. 305-314.

Brian Stipak, "Comment on Performance," Public Administration Review, Vol. 44 (November/December 1984), pp. 551-552.

Brian Stipak, Robert P. McGowan, and John M. Stevens, "Effect of Fiscal Stress on Attitudes of Local Executives," State and Local Government Review, Vol. 17 (Winter 1985), pp. 188-192.

Brian Stipak, "Teaching Public Administrators About Computers," Computers and Society, Vol. 14/15 (1985), pp. 8-11.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak, "Budgeting and Productivity Revisited: the Local Government Picture," Public Productivity Review, Vol. 12 (Fall 1988), pp. 1-12.

Brian Stipak, "Alternatives to Population-Based Crime Rates," International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Vol. 12 (Winter 1988), pp. 247-260.

Brian Stipak and Daniel E. O'Toole, "Performance Auditing in Local Government: Current Use and Future Prospects," State and Local Government Review, Vol. 22 (Spring 1990), pp. 51-54.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak, "Strategic Planning and Budgeting in Local Government," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 3 (1991), pp. 317-331.

Brian Stipak, "Government Expenditure Levels: Alternative Procedures for Computing Measures," State and Local Government Review, Vol. 23 (Spring 1991), pp. 90-94.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak, "Patterns and Trends in Budget Format Innovation Among Local Governments," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 4 (1992), pp. 287-309.

Annette Jolin and Brian Stipak, "Drug Treatment and Electronically Monitored Home Confinement: An Evaluation of a Community-Based Sentencing Option," Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 38 (April 1992), pp. 158-170.

Brian Stipak and Daniel E. O'Toole, "Fiscal Stress and Productivity Improvement: Local Government Managers' Perspective", Public Productivity and Management Review, Vol. 17 (Winter 1993), pp. 101-112.

Brian Stipak, Daniel E. O'Toole, and Jianhua J. Guo, "Perceptions of Oregon Superintendents About the Impacts of Tax Limitation," Journal of Education Finance, Vol. 19 (Fall 1993), pp. 157-166.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak, "How Oregon Managers View State Tax and Expenditure Limitation", State and Local Government Review, Vol. 26 (Spring 1994), pp. 112-118.

Brian Stipak, Susan Immer, and Maria Clavadetscher, "Are You Really Doing Community Policing?", The Police Chief, Vol. 61 (October 1994), pp. 115-123.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak, "Coping with State Tax and Expenditure Limitation: The Oregon Experience", State and Local Government Review, Vol. 30 (Winter 1998): pp. 7-14.

Lois Martin Bronfman, David Butzer and Brian Stipak, "Reducing Domestic Violence in the United States: Targeting the Misdemeanour Crime, " International Journal of Police Science and Management, Vol. 2 (December 1999): pp. 242-251.

Charles A. Moose, Wendy Lin-Kelly, Steve Beedle and Brian Stipak, "Evaluating Community Policing with Employee Surveys," The Police Chief, Vol. 67 (March 2000): pp. 44-49.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak, "Oregon School Districts Respond to Increased Tax Limitations," Journal of Education Finance, Vol. 26 (Fall 2000), pp. 173-186.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak, "Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting in Local Government," Journal of Government Financial Management, Vol. 50 (Spring 2001), pp. 36-40.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak, "Productivity Trends in Local Government Budgeting," Public Performance and Management Review, Vol. 26 (December 2002), pp. 190-203.


Chapters in Published Volumes

Brian Stipak, "Citizen Satisfaction with Urban Services: Potential Misuse as a Performance Indicator." In Lee Sechrest et al., eds., Evaluation Studies Review Annual, Vol. 4, pp. 441-447. Beverly Hills: Sage, 1979.

Brian Stipak and James C. McDavid, "Canonical Correlation Analysis of Crimes and Sentences." American Statistical Association 1981 Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section, pp. 294-298. Washington: American Statistical Association, 1981.

Brian Stipak, "Using Clients to Evaluate Programs." In Ernest R. House et al., eds., Evaluation Studies Review Annual, Vol. 7, pp. 585-602. Beverly Hills: Sage, 1982.

Brian Stipak, "Incorporating Subjective Data Into Program Evaluation Databases." In James C. McDavid et al., eds., Competing Perspectives in Evaluation: Selected Papers, pp. 153-180. Victoria: Canadian Evaluation Society, 1983.

Brian Stipak, "Using Subjective Measures in Program Evaluation." In Terry Busson and Philip Coulter, eds., Policy Evaluation for Local Government, pp. 45-61. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak, "Budgeting and Productivity Revisited: the Local Government Picture." In Arie Halachmi and Marc Holzer, eds., Competent Government: Theory and Practice, pp. 175-186. Burke, VA: Chatelaine Press, 1995.

Daniel E. O'Toole and Brian Stipak,"Implementing Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting: The Portland Experience. In Arie Halachmi and Geert Bouckaert, eds., Organizational Performance and Measurement in the Public Sector, 101-113. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1995.

Brian Stipak, "Citizen Satisfaction with Urban Services: Potential Misuse as a Performance Indicator." In Patria de Lancer Julnes and Marc Holzer, eds. Performance Measurement: Building Theory, Improving Practice. Amonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2008.


Papers Presented at Conferences

Numerous papers presented at professional conferences, including conferences of the following organizations:

Institute Reports and Other Professional Reports


Numerous institute reports and other professional reports, including reports published or released through the following institutes and organizations:
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