CRJ 602 Research Des. & Data Analysis

This course examines data analysis and statistics that criminologists use in quantitative research that attempts to make casual inferences about how the social world works. The course will provide students with extensive experience in analyzing data and in writing research. This course will cover basic data analysis and statistical methods, from univariate and bivariate descriptive and inferential statistics through multivariate regression analysis. This course will focus on observational data used in cross-sectional statistical analysis, but it will consider issues of research design more broadly as well. M.S. students will conduct a semester-long, data-intensive crime analysis project using quantitative methods to address a specific research question, which is the first component of their thesis requirement. Student projects culminate with a completed thesis or capstone in CRJ 604. Minimum GPA of 3.0.