Overview

This book teaches the fundamentals of descriptive and inferential statistics for social science, with an emphasis on criminal justice and criminology applications. The book covers popular techniques ranging from variance and standard deviation, to t-Tests, Anova, and Correlation and Regression analysis using traditional and computer based approaches (using SPSS). This text emphasizes real-world application using 4 data sets that are included along with the Student Version of SPSS.

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Author:   Steven Ellwanger ,  Jennifer A. Pealer ,  Larry Miller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Anderson Publishing
ISBN:  

9781455730490

ISBN 10:   1455730491
Pages:   413
Publication Date:   05 April 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Part I-Introduction Chapter 1-Introduction / Chapter 2-Variables and Hypotheses / Chapter 3-Introduction to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Part II-Description Chapter 4-Descriptive Statistics/ Chapter 5-Summary Measures Part III-Making Inferences Chapter 6-The Normal Distribution / Chapter 7-Samples and Populations / Chapter 8-Hypothesis Testing about Two Means (t Tests) / Chapter 9-Hypothesis Testing about Two or More Means (Analysis of Variance) / Chapter 10-Nonparametric Tests Part IV-Association Chapter 12-Correlation Analysis/ Chapter 13-Nonparamteric Measures of Correlation / Part V-Prediction / Chapter 14-Regression Analysis / Chapter 15-Decisionmaking

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Steve Ellwanger is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at California State University, Bakersfield. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics and research methods for criminal justice and criminology for 7 years. He has published several books and articles in the field of criminal justice and criminology, and conducted program evaluations for the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Washington. He has also served as a biostatistical consultant to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Larry S. Miller is Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Miller teaches courses in the area of Law Enforcement and has worked as a police officer, criminal investigator and crime laboratory director. Dr. Miller serves as a member of the board of the National Forensic Academy.

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