University Library: CJA/386: Research Statistics: Week 2

Week 2 - Using Statistics to Make Informed Decisions

Population/Sample

These resources will help you differentiate between a research population and a sample.

Chadwick, A. (Ed.) (2017). Population/sample. In The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods, (pp. 1-4). Sage Publications Inc.
Daniel, J. (2012). Preparing to make sampling choices. In Sampling essentials: Practical guidelines for making sampling choices. SAGE Publications Inc.
Walliman, N. (2014). Research skills: Sampling methods. In SAGE skills: Student success. SAGE Publications Inc.

Levels of Measurement

Watch this video to review levels of measurement in statistics.

SAGE Publications Inc. (Producer). (2017). An introduction to levels of measurement [Full video]. (06:10)

Data Distribution

Watch these videos to learn about the “shape of data” as well as normal distribution. After watching these videos you will understand how researchers make predictions and comparisons with data by using concepts like the bell curve.

Statistics in Criminal Justice

Review this resource to understand how criminal justice professionals apply statistics in their careers.

Fitzgerald, J., & Fitzgerald, J. (2014). The study of statistics in criminal justice. In Statistics for criminal justice and criminology in practice and research: An introduction. SAGE Publications Inc.

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