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Adventures in criminal justice research : data analysis using SPSS 15.0 and 16.0 for Windows.

'Adventures in Criminal Justice Research' teaches students how to analyse issues and use the computer program SPSS for criminal justice research. The book explains with step by step instructions and over 150 screen shots.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Logio, Kim A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Los Angeles [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, ©2008.
Edición:4th ed. /
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Preparing for criminal justice research
  • Theory, measurement, and research development
  • Criminal justice data sets
  • Using SPSS
  • pt. 2. Univariate analysis
  • Describing a variable
  • Working with variables
  • Creating composite measures
  • pt. 3. Bivariate analysis
  • Investigating the correlates of binge drinking and attitudes toward gun control and capital punishment : independent versus dependent variables
  • Measures of association
  • The existence, strength, and direction of an association
  • pt. 4. Multivariate analysis
  • Examining several independent variables
  • Exploring what shapes attitudes about guns and capital punishment
  • Logistic regression : understanding college student drug and alcohol abuse.