STATISTICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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Prerequisite: Majors Only, Completion of the IF ir IF14 mathematics and quantitative reasoning requirement. An introductory overview of statistical principles and statistical techniques in criminal justice research. Introduction of data measurement, data distributions, probability and the normal curve, samples and populations, testing differences between means, analysis of variance, nonparametric tests of significance, correlation, and regression analysis. Includes “hands-on” experience using SPSS for data analysis and interpretation.