Walker, Jeffery T. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0763730718 (casebound)  RM343.89 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal justice, Administration of--Statistical methods<br/>Criminal statistics--Research