Statistics for criminology and criminal justice / Jacinta M. Gau, Universityof Central Florida.

Earlier edition published in 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 398- 401) and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction to the Use of Statistics in Criminal Justice and Criminology
What Do Criminal Justice and Criminology Researchers Study?
The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
Science: Basic Terms and Concepts
Types of Scientific Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Software Packages for Statistical Analysis
Organization of the Book
Chapter 1 Review Problems
ch. 2 Types of Variables and Levels of Measurement
Choosing Variables for a Study on Police Use of Conductive Energy Devices
Units of Analysis
Independent and Dependent Variables
Relationships Between Variables: A Cautionary Note
The Problem of Omitted Variables
Levels of Measurement
The Categorical Level of Measurement: Nominal and Ordinal Variables
The Police-Public Contact Survey
The General Social Survey
Contents note continued: The Continuous Level of Measurement: Interval and Ratio Variables
The Bureau of Justice Statistics
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Review Problems
ch. 3 Organizing, Displaying, and Presenting Data
Data Distributions
Univariate Displays: Frequencies, Proportions, and Percentages
Univariate Displays: Rates
Bivariate Displays: Contingency Tables
The Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities
Jail Inmates' Sexual-Assault Victimization
Graphs and Charts
Categorical Variables: Pie Charts
Categorical Variables: Bar Graphs
Continuous Variables: Histograms
Are women's violent-crime commission rates rising?
Continuous Variables: Frequency Polygons
Longitudinal Variables: Line Charts
Grouped Data
CQ Press's State Factfinder Series
SPSS
Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics Survey
Chapter 3 Review Problems
ch. 4 Measures of Central Tendency
Contents note continued: The Mode
Instant Offense and Prison Violence
The Median
The Mean
Do Short-Term, High-Rate Offenders Differ From Long-Term, Low-Rate Offenders?
Using the Mean and Median to Determine Distribution Shape
Deviation Scores and the Mean as the Midpoint of the Magnitudes
Chapter 4 Review Problems
ch. 5 Measures of Dispersion
The Variation Ratio
National Census of State Court Prosecutors
The Range
The Variance
The Standard Deviation
The Standard Deviation and the Normal Curve
Does the South Have a Culture of Honor That Increases Gun Violence?
Why Does Punishment Often Increase[&​#x2014;]Rather Than Reduce[&​#x2014;]Criminal Offending?
Chapter 5 Review Problems
ch. 6 Probability
Discrete Probability: The Binomial Probability Distribution
Contents note continued: Are Police Officers Less Likely to Arrest an Assault Suspect When the Suspect and the Alleged Victim Are Intimate Partners?
Successes and Sample Size: N and r
The Number of Ways r Can Occur, Given N: The Combination
The Probability of Success and the Probability of Failure: p and q
Putting It All Together: Using the Binomial Coefficient to Construct the Binomial Probability Distribution
Continuous Probability: The Standard Normal Curve
What Predicts Correctional Officers' Job Stress and Job Satisfaction?
The z Table and Area Under the Standard Normal Curve
Chapter 6 Review Problems
ch. 7 Population, Sample, and Sampling Distributions
Empirical Distributions: Population and Sample Distributions
Theoretical Distributions: Sampling Distributions
Sample Size and the Sampling Distribution: The z and t Distributions
Chapter 7 Review Problems
Contents note continued: ch. 8 Point Estimates and Confidence Intervals
The Level of Confidence: The Probability of Being Correct
Confidence Intervals for Means With Large Samples
The Census of Jail Inmates
Is There a Relationship Between Unintended Pregnancy and Intimate Partner Violence?
Confidence Intervals for Means With Small Samples
The Firearm Injury Surveillance Study, 1993-2010
Why Do Suspects Confess to Police?
Confidence Intervals With Proportions and Percentages
What Factors Influence Repeat Offenders' Completion of a DUI Court Program?
Chapter 8 Review Problems
ch. 9 Hypothesis Testing: A Conceptual Introduction
Sample Statistics and Population Parameters: Sampling Error or True Difference?
Null and Alternative Hypotheses
Chapter 9 Review Problems
ch. 10 Hypothesis Testing With Two Categorical Variables: Chi-Square
Do Traffic Stops Alter People's Likelihood of Calling the Police?
Contents note continued: Do Waived Juvenile Defendants' Race/​Ethnicity Affect the Sentences These Juveniles Receive?
Conceptual Basis of the Chi-Square Test: Statistical Dependence and Independence
The Chi-Square Test of Independence
Measures of Association
Chapter 10 Review Problems
ch. 11 Hypothesis Testing With Two Population Means or Proportions
Do Multiple Homicide Offenders Specialize in Killing?
Two-Population Tests for Differences Between Means: t Tests
Independent-Samples t Tests
Juvenile Defendants in Criminal Courts
Dependent-Samples t Tests
Do Mentally Ill Offenders' Crimes Cost More?
Pulling Levers: Targeted Interventions to Reduce Crime
Two-Population Tests for Differences Between Proportions
Chapter 11 Review Problems
ch. 12 Hypothesis Testing With Three or More Population Means: Analysis of Variance
ANOVA: Different Types of Variances
Contents note continued: Race-Based Sentencing Disparities: Do Asian Defendants Benefit From a "Model Minority" Stereotype?
When the Null Rejected: A Measure of Association and Post Hoc Tests
Are Juveniles Transferred to Adult Courts Seen as More Threatening?
Chapter 12 Review Problems
ch. 13 Hypothesis Testing With Two Continuous Variables: Correlation
Part 1: Is Perceived Risk of Internet Fraud Victimization Related to Online Purchases?
Do Good Recruits Make Good Cops?
Beyond Statistical Significance: Sign, Magnitude, and Coefficient of Determination
Part 2
Chapter 13 Review Problems
ch. 14 Introduction to Regression Analysis
One Independent Variable and One Dependent Variable: Bivariate Regression
Inferential Regression Analysis: Testing for the Significance of b
Beyond Statistical Significance: How Well Does the Independent Variable Perform as a Predictor of the Dependent Variable?
Contents note continued: Standardized Slope Coefficients: Beta Weights
The Quality of Prediction: The Coefficient of Determination
Adding More Independent Variables: Multiple Regression
Does Childhood Intelligence Predict the Emergence of Self-Control?
Ordinary Least Squares Regression in SPSS
Does Having a Close Black Friend Reduce Whites' Concerns About Crime?
When the Dependent Variable Is Not Continuous and Normally Distributed: Alternatives to OLS
Is Police Academy Performance a Predictor of Effectiveness on the Job?
Chapter 14 Review Problems.