AN ADVANCED VOLUME for classes in statistics is often difficult to define.
What are advanced and what are basic statistics? In our Basic Statistics in
Criminology and Criminal Justice, we covered materials that would generally
be taught in introductory statistics classes at the undergraduate level
and first semester Master’s level.We dealt with measurement, basic descriptive
statistics, and statistical significance. We also laid out the basic
approaches for modeling association between variables. While many
important studies use these approaches, researchers often encounter problems
that need more advanced statistical solutions. Such solutions are the
focus of this volume.