Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice
Third Edition
Learning Objectives
- Identify situations in which, based on the levels of measurement of the independent and dependent variables, analysis of variance is appropriate.
- Explain between-and within-group variances and how they can be compared to make a judgment about the presence or absence of group effects.
- Explain the F statistic conceptually.
- Explain what the null and alternative hypotheses predict.
- Use raw data to solve equations and conduct five-step hypothesis tests.
- Explain measures of association and why they are necessary.
- Use SPSS to run analysis of variance and interpret the output.