Adventures in Criminal Justice Research : Data Analysis Using SPSS 15.0 and 16.0 for Windows.

The only book of its kind, this text guides students through the process of conducting criminological data analysis. Used primarily in lab settings, the Fourth Edition of Adventures in Criminal Justice Research, derived from the popular Adventures in Social Research (Babbie et al, Pine Forge Press/S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Logio, Kim A. A.
Otros Autores: Dowdall, Dr. George W. W., Babbie, Earl R. (Robert) R., Halley, Frederick (Fred) S. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2008.
Colección:Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods Core.
Temas:
SPSS (Computer file)
Criminal justice, Administration of > Data processing.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Statistical methods.
Information storage and retrieval systems > Criminal justice, Administration of.
Systèmes d'information > Justice pénale > Administration.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Data processing
Criminal justice, Administration of > Statistical methods
Information storage and retrieval systems > Criminal justice, Administration of
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER; BRIEF CONTENTS; DETAILED CONTENTS; PREFACE FOR INSTRUCTORS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; Part I: Preparing for Criminal Justice Research; 1
  • Theory, Measurement, and Research Development; 2
  • Criminal Justice Data Sets; 3
  • Using SPSS; Part II: Univariate Analysis; 4
  • Describing a Variable; 5
  • Working With Variables; 6
  • Creating Composite Measures; Part III: Bivariate Analysis; 7
  • Investigating the Correlates of Binge Drinking and Attitudes Toward Gun Control and Capital Punishment: Independent Versus Dependent Variables; 8
  • Measures of Association
  • 9
  • The Existence, Strength, and Direction of an AssociationPart IV: Multivariate Analysis; 10
  • Examining Several Independent Variables; 11
  • Exploring What Shapes Attitudes About Guns and Capital Punishment; 12
  • Logistic Regression: Understanding College Student Drug and Alcohol Abuse; REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS; INDEX

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