Understanding statistics for the social sciences, criminal justice, and criminology / Jeffery T. Walker and Sean Maddan.

Author/creator Walker, Jeffery T.
Other author Maddan, Sean.
Other author Walker, Jeffery T.
Format Book
Publication InfoBurlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2013.
Descriptionix, 233 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
Criminal statistics--Textbooks.
Social sciences--Statistical methods. --Textbooks.

Contents The foundations of statistics: theory, methods, and measurement -- Measures of central tendency -- Measures of dispersion and form -- Bivariate tables and analysis -- Measures of existence and statistical significance -- Measures of the strength of a relationship -- Measures of the direction and nature of a relationship -- Introduction to inferential statistics -- Hypothesis testing -- Hypothesis tests -- Multivariate statistics, anova, and ols regression -- Putting it all together.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteInclues online access code
General noteAdapted from: Statistics in criminology and criminal justice / Jeffery T. Walker, Sean Maddan. 3rd ed. c2009.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011033491
ISBN9781449649227 (pbk.)
ISBN144964922X (pbk.)
ISBN9781449634032 (pbk.)
ISBN1449634036 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV6030 .W335 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold