Statistics for the terrified criminologist. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John H. Kranzler, University of Florida, Marissa P. Levy, Stockton University.
• Authors: Kranzler, John H; Levy, Marissa Potchak, 1978-
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; ; Section I; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Essentials for Statistics ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">1 Effective Strategies for Studying Statistics; Self-assessment; Assumptions about the Reader; Effective Strategies for Studying Statistics ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">2 Overcoming Math Anxiety; What Causes Math Anxiety?; Overview of Rational Emotive Therapy; Irrational Beliefs; How to Deal with Math Anxiety ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">3 How to Use SPSS; What is SPSS?; Starting SPSS; Basic Steps in SPSS Data Analysis; Entering Data; Selecting an Analysis; Running an Analysis and Examining Results; Finding Help in SPSS ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">; ; Section II; <span style="font-style:italic;">Describing Univariate Data ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">4 Frequency Distributions; What are statistics?; Variables; Levels of Measurement; Frequency Distributions; Grouped Frequency Distributions; Graphing Data; Frequency Polygon; Histogram; Cumulative Frequency Polygon; Normal Curve; Skewed and Multimodal Distributions; Problems; Answers to Problems ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">5 Descriptive Statistics; What are statistics?; Measures of Central Tendency; Selecting a Measure of Central Tendency; Measures of variability; Problems; Answers to Problems ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">6 The Normal Curve; What is the Normal Curve?; The Normal Curve as a Model; Proportions of Scores Under the Normal Curve; Problems; Answers to Problems ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">7 Percentiles and Standard Scores; Percentiles; Standard Scores (Z score); Other Standard Scores; T Scores; Converting Standard Scores to Percentiles; A Word of Warning; Problems; Answers to Problems; ; Section III; <span style="font-style:italic;">Inferential Statistics ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">8 Introduction to Inferential Statistics; Probability; The Sampling Experiment; Sample Values (Statistics) and Population Values (Parameters); The Null Hypothesis ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Type I and Type II Errors; Statistical Significance and Type I Error; Effect Size and Power; Problems; Answers to Problems ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">9 The t Test; The t Test for Independent Samples; Assumptions for Using the t Test for Independent Samples; Formula for the t Test for Independent Samples; The Critical Value of t: t crit ; Effect Size for the t Test for Independent Samples; The t Test for Dependent (Matched/Paired) Samples; Directional Versus Nondirectional Tests; Problems; Answers to Problems ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">10 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); Analysis of Variance; Assumptions for using ANOVA; Conducting an ANOVA in SPSS; Strength of Association; Post hoc Analysis; The Scheffé Method of Post-Hoc Analysis; Problems ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Answers to Problems ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">11 Nonparametric Statistics: Chi-square; Nonparametric Statistical Tests; The One-way Test of Chi-square ( <span style="font-style:italic;"><img src="data:image/png;base64, iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABYAAAAYCAYAAAD+vg1LAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsIAAA7CARUoSoAAAABSSURBVEhL7c7RBgAgEETR/f+fLkPDSkm6PUSXJapT8aMqbdAyiOPuLfgquo3rgsdlbLS/LB+erY8zhqJKII6qd1B17bc4bBCFM4Y+0MMI+iOLqPT7JNz5UnVkAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="" style="border-width:0px;" />); The Two-way Test of Chi-square ( <span style="font-style:italic;"><img src="data:image/png;base64, iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABYAAAAYCAYAAAD+vg1LAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsIAAA7CARUoSoAAAABSSURBVEhL7c7RBgAgEETR/f+fLkPDSkm6PUSXJapT8aMqbdAyiOPuLfgquo3rgsdlbLS/LB+erY8zhqJKII6qd1B17bc4bBCFM4Y+0MMI+iOLqPT7JNz5UnVkAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="" style="border-width:0px;" />); Effect Size for Chi-Square Tests of Independence; A Bit More; Problems; Answers to Problems; ; Section IV; <span style="font-style:italic;">Correlation Coefficients and Linear Regression ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">12 Correlation Coefficients; Correlation Coefficients; Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient; Interpreting Correlation Coefficients; Sources of Misleading Correlation Coefficients; Creating a Scatterplot; Other Methods of Correlation; Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient; Problems; Answers to Problems ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">13 Linear Regression ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Regression Equations; Standard Error of the Estimate; Problems; Answers to Problems ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">14 Postscript; Congratulations!; Review of Book ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Appendices; A Basic Math Review; B Proportions of Area Under the Standard Normal Curve; C Critical Values of t; D Glossary of Formulas; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages), (27 illustrations)
• Subjects: 519.5; Criminology -- Methodology; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Statistical methods; Statistics; Criminal statistics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538108703; 1538108704
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