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G. David Garson is full professor of public administration at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses on advanced research methodology, geographic information systems, information technology, and American government. He is editor of the Social Science Computer Review, which he founded in 1982, and is on the editorial board of four other journals. Currently he also serves as president of Statistical Associates Publishers (www.statisticalassociates.com) and is author of over four dozen of its digital monographs and books on advanced statistical topics, peer reviewed, listed with ISBN numbers in Books in Print, distributed in annual editions through Amazon/Kindle. In 2012, www.statisticalassociates.com replaced his “Statnotes” website, used by over a million people a year. Prof. Garson is editor of and contributor to Hierarchical Linear Modeling: Guide and Applications (2013), coauthor of Public Information Management and E-Government: Policy and Issues (2013); editor and contributor for Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology (2008), Patriotic Information Systems: Privacy, Access, and Security Issues of Bush Information Policy (2008), Modern Public Information Technology Systems (2007), and author of Public Information Technology and E-Governance: Managing the Virtual State (2006), editor of Public Information Systems: Policy and Management Issues (2003), coeditor of Digital Government: Principles and Practices (2003), coauthor of Crime Mapping (2003), author of Guide to Writing Quantitative Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Dekker, 2001), editor of Social Dimensions of Information Technology (2000), Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends (1999) and is author of Neural Network Analysis for Social Scientists (1998), Computer Technology and Social Issues (1995), Geographic Databases and Analytic Mapping (1992), and is author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of 18 other books and author or coauthor of over 50 articles. He has also created award-winning American Government computer simulations and CD-ROMs. Professor Garson received his undergraduate degree in political science from Princeton University (1965) and his doctoral degree in government from Harvard University (1969).