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Statistics in criminology and criminal justice : analysis and interpretation

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2009.Edition: 3Description: xi, 498 p. : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9780763755485 (hardcover)
  • 0763755486 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.015 WAL
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Contents:
The logic of comparisons and analysis -- Variables and measurement -- Understanding data through organization -- Measures of central tendency -- Measures of dispersion -- The form of a distribution -- Introduction to bivariate descriptive statistics -- Measures of existence and statistical significance -- Measures of strength of a relationship -- Measures of direction and nature of a relationship -- Introduction to multivariate statistics -- Multiple regression I: ordinary least squares regression -- Multiple regression II: limited dependent variables -- Factor analysis and structural equation modeling -- Introduction to inferential analysis -- Hypothesis testing -- Hypothesis tests -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Putting it all together -- Appendix A: Math review and practice test -- Appendix B: Statistical tables -- Appendix C: The Greek alphabet -- Appendix D: Variables in data sets.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Dept. of Demography Processing Center Dept. of Demography 519.5 WAL/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available DEM6874
Book Book Dept. of Statistics Reference Dept. of Statistics Reference 364.015 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available STA9591

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The logic of comparisons and analysis -- Variables and measurement -- Understanding data through organization -- Measures of central tendency -- Measures of dispersion -- The form of a distribution -- Introduction to bivariate descriptive statistics -- Measures of existence and statistical significance -- Measures of strength of a relationship -- Measures of direction and nature of a relationship -- Introduction to multivariate statistics -- Multiple regression I: ordinary least squares regression -- Multiple regression II: limited dependent variables -- Factor analysis and structural equation modeling -- Introduction to inferential analysis -- Hypothesis testing -- Hypothesis tests -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Putting it all together -- Appendix A: Math review and practice test -- Appendix B: Statistical tables -- Appendix C: The Greek alphabet -- Appendix D: Variables in data sets.

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