Statistics in Criminal Justice

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Weisburd, David (Συγγραφέας), Britt, Chester (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Έκδοση: 4th ed. 2014.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

Statistics in Criminal Justice takes an approach that emphasizes the application and interpretation of statistics in research in crime and justice. This text is meant for both students and researchers who want to gain a basic understanding of common statistical methods used in this field. In general...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: Statistics as a Research Tool
• Measurement: The Basic Building Block of Research
• Representing and Displaying Data
• Describing the Typical Case: Measures of Central Tendency
• How Typical is the Typical Case?: Measuring Dispersion
• The Logic of Statistical Inference: Making Statements about Populations from Sample Statistics
• Defining the Observed Significance Level of a Test: A Simple Example Using the Binomial Distribution
• Steps in a Statistical Test: Using the Binomial Distribution to make Decisions about Hypotheses
• Chi-Square: A Test Commonly Used for Nominal-Level Measures
• The Normal Distribution and its Application to Tests of Statistical Significance
• Comparing Means and Proportions in Two Samples
• Comparing Means Among More Than Two Samples
• Measuring the Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables
• Measuring Association for Interval-Level Data
• An Introduction to Bivariate Regression
• Multivariate Regression
• Multivariate Regression: Additional Topics
• Logistic Regression
• Multivariate Regression with Multiple Category Nominal or Ordinal Measures
• Growth Curve Modeling
• Hierarchical Design
• Special Topics: Confidence Intervals
• Special Topics: Statistical Power
• Special Topics: Experimental Design
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Index.