Description
Test Bank (Downloadable files) For Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice 3rd Edition By Gau
Table Of Content
Science: Basic Terms and Concepts
Types of Scientific Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Software Packages for Statistical Analysis
Organization of the Book
Review Problems
Units of Analysis
Independent Variables and Dependent Variables
Relationships Between Variables: A Cautionary Note
Levels of Measurement
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
Data Distributions
Graphs and Charts
Grouped Data
SPSS
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
The Mode
The Median
The Mean
Using the Mean and Median to Determine Distribution Shape
Deviation Scores and the Mean as the Midpoint of the Magnitudes
SPSS
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
The Variation Ratio
The Range
The Variance
The Standard Deviation
The Standard Deviation and the Normal Curve
SPSS
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
Discrete Probability: The Binomial Probability Distribution
Continuous Probability: The Standard Normal Curve
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
Empirical Distributions: Population and Sample Distributions
Theoretical Distributions: Sampling Distributions
Sample Size and the Sampling Distribution: The z and t Distributions
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
The Level of Confidence: The Probability of Being Correct
Confidence Intervals for Means With Large Samples
Confidence Intervals for Means With Small Samples
Confidence Intervals With Proportions and Percentages
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
Sample Statistics and Population Parameters: Sampling Error or True Difference?
Null and Alternative Hypotheses
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
Conceptual Basis of the Chi-Square Test: Statistical Dependence and Independence
The Chi-Square Test of Independence
Measures of Association
SPSS
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
Two-Population Tests for Differences Between Means: t Tests
Two-Population Tests for Differences Between Proportions
SPSS
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
ANOVA: Different Types of Variances
When the Null Is Rejected: A Measure of Association and Post Hoc Tests
SPSS
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
Beyond Statistical Significance: Sign, Magnitude, and Coefficient of Determination
SPSS
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
One Independent Variable and One Dependent Variable: Bivariate Regression
Adding More Independent Variables: Multiple Regression
Ordinary Least Squares Regression in SPSS
Alternatives to Ordinary Least Squares Regression
Chapter Summary
Review Problems
