Appropriate Courses Designed for Criminal Justice Statistics and Research Methods courses offered in departments of Criminal Justice and Sociology. Features A straightforward text written specifically for criminal justice students who do not have a strong background in mathematics. Designed with numerous examples and clear explanations as to why particular statistical methods are used in criminal justice research.
Numerous exercises help students practice and develop their skills.
The final chapter discusses how to select an appropriate statistical technique. Conceptual questions at the end of each chapter test students on their conceptual understanding of statistics. Discussion of the concept of a weighted mean , an important measure of central tendency, is now included in Chapter 3. Why the Criminal Justice Researcher Uses Statistics. The Nature of Criminal Justice Research.