CRIM 517 Advanced Criminological Statistical Applications
This course is a complement to CRIM 516 and should be taken the semester following completion of Advanced Research Methods in Criminology. This course requires students to apply statistics to their research proposal created in CRIM 516. This course will review descriptive statistics, statistical inference and regression, and expand the student’s knowledge by introducing them to binomial logistical regressions, log odds, linear modeling, and computer-based programs and data interpretation in criminology. A tutorial of SPSS, the computer program used for the course, will be provided to students.