Simple statistics : applications in criminology and criminal justice / by Terance D. Miethe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miethe, Terance D.
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Roxbury Pub. Co., 2006.
Subjects:
Criminology > Research > Methodology.
Criminal statistics > Methodology.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Research > Methodology.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Statistical methods.
Physical Description:xi, 336 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction to statistical thinking
  • Garbage in, garbage out (GIGO)
  • Issues in data preparation
  • Displaying data in tables and graphic form
  • Modes, medians, means, and more
  • Measures of variation and dispersion
  • The normal curve and sampling distributions
  • Parameter estimation and confidence intervals
  • Introduction to hypothesis testing
  • Hypothesis testing of means and proportions
  • Statistical association in contingency tables
  • The analysis of variance
  • Correlation and regression
  • Introduction to multivariate analysis.