Learning Objectives
- Explain the role of data analysis in the scientific process.
- Identify different types of data analysis commonly used in criminal justice research, and provide examples of when each is used.
- Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative analytic techniques and the software applications that can be used to analyze these data.
- Explain the difference between a caseoriented approach to data analysis, like conjunctive analysis of case configurations (CACC), and traditional, variable-oriented approaches.
- Identify common methods for analyzing geographic data and the software applications commonly used in geographic data analysis.
- Describe some of the ethical challenges researchers face when conducting data analysis.