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Research methods in criminal justice and criminology : an interdisciplinary approach
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Research methods in criminal justice and criminology : an interdisciplinary approach

Author: Lee Ellis; Richard D Hartley; Anthony Walsh
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010.
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Ellis, Lee, 1942-
Research methods in criminal justice and criminology.
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010
(OCoLC)761280569
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lee Ellis; Richard D Hartley; Anthony Walsh
ISBN: 9780742564428 0742564428 9780742564411 074256441X 9780742565241 0742565246
OCLC Number: 444109713
Description: xxi, 497 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. The scientific method and criminal justice and criminology as social sciences --
2. Formulating scientific questions and locating background research --
3. Univariate statistics and the concept of statistical significance --
4. Bivariate and multivariate statistics : the concept of correlation --
5. Research report structure and styles for citing and referencing --
6. Reliability, validity, and precision in measurement --
7. Surveying and sampling --
8. The human side of sampling and the reliability of self-reports --
9. Data based on self-reports : guidelines for constructing questionnaires --
10. Direct observations : qualitative and quantitative data --
11. Archival data analysis and meta-analysis --
12. Measuring crime and criminality --
13. Theories, models, hypotheses, and empirical reality --
14. Controlled experimentation --
15. Quasi-experimentation --
16. Ethical issues in social and behavioral science research --
17. Evaluation and other applied research --
18. Epilogue --
App. A. The American Psychological Association referencing style --
App. B. Guidelines and recommendations for preparing research reports --
App. C. Guidelines for professional writing in the social and behavioral sciences.
Responsibility: Lee Ellis, Richard D. Hartley, and Anthony Walsh.
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