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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820872903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, : SAGE, c2008

ISBN

1-4522-1212-0

1-4129-9031-9

Edizione

[4th ed. /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 198 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

LogioKim A

Disciplina

364.0285/555

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of - Data processing

Criminal justice, Administration of - Statistical methods

Information storage and retrieval systems - Criminal justice, Administration of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

'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.