Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacinta M. Gau.
• Authors: Gau, Jacinta M, 1982-
• Contents: Part I: Descriptive Statistics; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Use of Statistics in Criminal Justice and Criminology; Science: Basic Terms and Concepts; Types of Scientific Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology; Software Packages for Statistical Analysis; Organization of the Book; Chapter 1 Review Problems; Chapter 2: Types of Variables and Levels of Measurement; Units of Analysis; Independent and Dependent Variables; Relationships between Variables: A Cautionary Note; Levels of Measurement; Chapter Summary; Chapter 2 Review Problems; Chapter 3: Organizing, Displaying, and Presenting Data; Data Distributions; Graphs and Charts; Grouped Data; SPSS; Chapter Summary; Chapter 3 Review Problems; Chapter 4: Measures of Central Tendency; The Mode; The Median; The Mean; Using the Mean and Median to Determine Distribution Shape; The Mean as the Midpoint of the Magnitudes; SPSS; Chapter Summary; Chapter 4 Review Problems; Chapter 5: Measures of Dispersion; The Variation Ratio; The Range; The Variance; The Standard Deviation; SPSS; Chapter Summary; Chapter 5 Review Problems; Part II: Probability and Distributions; Chapter 6: Probability; Discrete Probability: The Binomial Probability Distribution; Continuous Probability: The Standard Normal Curve; Chapter Summary; Chapter 6 Review Problems; Chapter 7: Population, Sample, and Sampling Distributions; Empirical Distributions: Population and Sample Distributions; Theoretical Distributions: Sampling Distributions; Sample Size and the Sampling Distribution: The z and t Distributions; Chapter Summary; Chapter 7 Review Problems; Chapter 8: Point Estimates and Confidence Intervals; The Level of Confidence: The Probability of Being Correct; Confidence Intervals for Means with Large Samples; Confidence Intervals for Means with Small Samples; Confidence Intervals with Proportions and Percentages; Chapter Summary; Chapter 8 Review Problems; Part III: Hypothesis Testing; Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing: A Conceptual Introduction; Chapter Summary; Chapter 9 Review Problems; Chapter 10: Hypothesis Testing With Two Categorical Variables: Chi-Square; Conceptual Basis of the Chi-Square Test: Statistical Dependence and Independence; The Chi-Square Test of Independence; Measures of Association; SPSS; Chapter Summary; Chapter 10 Review Problems; Chapter 11: Hypothesis Testing With Two Population Means or Proportions; Two-Population Tests for Differences between Means: t Tests; Two-Population Tests for Differences between Proportions; SPSS; Chapter Summary; Chapter 11 Review Problems; Chapter 12: Hypothesis Testing With Three or More Population Means: Analysis of Variance; ANOVA: Different Types of Variances; When the Null Is Rejected: A Measure of Association and Post Hoc Tests; SPSS; Chapter Summary; Chapter 12 Review Problems; Chapter 13: Hypothesis Testing With Two Continuous Variables: Correlation; Beyond Statistical Significance: Sign, Magnitude, and Coefficient of Determination; SPSS; Chapter Summary; Chapter 13 Review Problems; Chapter 14: Introduction to Regression Analysis; One Independent Variable and One Dependent Variable: Bivariate Regression; Adding More Independent Variables: Multiple Regression; Ordinary Least Squares Regression in SPSS; Chapter Summary; Chapter 14 Review Problems;
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.015195; Criminal statistics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483378473; 1483378470
• Related ISBNs: 9781483378459
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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