CRIM 320 Study Guide - Final Guide: Frequency Distribution, Repeated Measures Design, Null Hypothesis
1 Jun 2016
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Exploration/description: prevalence, characteristics of people involved (age, gender, ethnicity, mental health) Application: evaluation of treatment programs for individuals involved in ipv. To make reliable and accurate inferences from a sample to a population (inferential statistics) Defined as a logical group of attributes. Dependent variable: depends on/is caused by another variable (i. e. the iv: conceptualization. Definition of variables/constructs (to make ambiguous variables/constructs recidivism more precise) Important implications for interpretation of research findings: operationalization. Process by which we link our conceptual definitions to a specified set of measurement techniques. Purpose: to observe & measure factors that may have an effect on a particular crime phenomenon. Importance: dictates type of statistical test that can be conducted. Placement in race (with no time data; 1st, 2nd, E. g. victimization: total # of times an individual has been victim to any type of crime ratio. E. g. annual income: k ordinal. Advantages: precision, inspection of possible error (i. e. missing data)
