Criminal Justice Research Methods : Theory and Practice, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Bayens, Gerald J.; Roberson, Cliff

Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 284
Edition: 2nd ed
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Introduction to ResearchNature of Criminal Justice ResearchWhat Is Research?Research ProcessesPure Versus Applied ResearchScientific InquiryAssessing Goodness of TheoryConstructing Scientific TheoriesResearch HypothesesResearch DesignWhat Is Research Design?Types of Research DesignsResearch PurposesChoice of Research DesignLevels of MeasurementValidity and ReliabilityStatistics in ResearchRole of StatisticsBasic Read more...

Abstract: Introduction to ResearchNature of Criminal Justice ResearchWhat Is Research?Research ProcessesPure Versus Applied ResearchScientific InquiryAssessing Goodness of TheoryConstructing Scientific TheoriesResearch HypothesesResearch DesignWhat Is Research Design?Types of Research DesignsResearch PurposesChoice of Research DesignLevels of MeasurementValidity and ReliabilityStatistics in ResearchRole of StatisticsBasic Principles and ConventionsDescriptive StatisticsData GroupingInferential StatisticsMeasures, Validity, and ReliabilityMeasurementVariablesIndexes and ScalesValidity and ReliabilityAnal

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Front Cover
contents
preface
the authors
1. introduction to research
2. research design
3. statistics in research
4. measures, validity, and reliability
5. analytical and experimental research
6. survey research methods and sampling
7. participant observation and case studies
8. descriptive, historical, and archival data analyses
9. ethics in research
10. developing research plans
11. writing research reports
12. program evaluation and policy research
13. writing research and grant proposals
Back Cover

✦ Subjects

Criminal justice, Administration of -- Research -- Methodology.

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