Statistics in criminology and criminal justice : analysis and interpretation - Walker, Jeffery T.; Maddan, Sean (Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Statistical methods; Criminal statistics -- Research