Statistics in criminology and criminal justice : analysis and interpretation /
Walker, Jeffery T.
Statistics in criminology and criminal justice : analysis and interpretation / Jeffery T. Walker, Sean Maddan. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2005 - xi, 423 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The logic of comparisons and analysis -- Valiables and measurements -- Not all statistical analyses involve numbers : summarizing data through graphic representation -- Meansures of central tendency -- Measures of dispersion -- The form of a distribution -- Introduction to bivariate descriptive statistics -- Measures of existence/statistical significance of a relationship -- Measures of the strength of a relationship -- Measures of direction and nature of a relationship -- Introduction to multivariate statistics -- Multiple regression I : ordinary least squares (OLS) regression -- Multiple regression II : limited dependent variables -- Introduction to inferential analysis -- Hypothesis testing -- Hypothesis tests -- Putting it all together.
0763730718 (casebound) RM343.89
Criminal justice, Administration of--Statistical methods
Criminal statistics--Research
Statistics in criminology and criminal justice : analysis and interpretation / Jeffery T. Walker, Sean Maddan. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2005 - xi, 423 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The logic of comparisons and analysis -- Valiables and measurements -- Not all statistical analyses involve numbers : summarizing data through graphic representation -- Meansures of central tendency -- Measures of dispersion -- The form of a distribution -- Introduction to bivariate descriptive statistics -- Measures of existence/statistical significance of a relationship -- Measures of the strength of a relationship -- Measures of direction and nature of a relationship -- Introduction to multivariate statistics -- Multiple regression I : ordinary least squares (OLS) regression -- Multiple regression II : limited dependent variables -- Introduction to inferential analysis -- Hypothesis testing -- Hypothesis tests -- Putting it all together.
0763730718 (casebound) RM343.89
Criminal justice, Administration of--Statistical methods
Criminal statistics--Research