Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
CJFS
Course Subject
CJFS
Course Number
1140
Course Section
02
Course Title
Quant Methods in Crim Justice
Academic Term and Year
Spring 2016
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
M, R
Area of Study
CCJ, FSCI
Course Description
Goals: The objective of this course is to introduce 1) the logic and methods of criminal justice research, 2) the nature of criminal justice data and its interpretation, and 3) the statistical knowledge and tools for data analysis. Students will gain a basic statistical literacy. Content: This course will cover reading and understanding data on crime, sources of crime data, variable measurement, and descriptive and inferential statistics, including understanding samples, bivariate techniques, and an introduction to multivariate analyses. Taught: Annually, fall and spring. Prerequisite: CJFS 1120; or instructor consent. Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Jillian, "CJFS1140-02.Quant Methods in Crim Justice.Sp16.Peterson,Jillian" (2016). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 6613.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/6613