CRIJ 3370 Criminal Justice Research Methods
This course covers the basic techniques and procedures used in the process of criminal justice research. Topics include defining research problems, ethics in criminal justice research, selecting and measuring variables, stating hypotheses, sampling, and developing experimental research designs. This course will introduce the student to research used in criminology and criminal justice. Students will explore the nature of the scientific inquiry, issues in research methods, and statistical concepts and allow for a critical examination to assess the design, results, and conclusions of quality research in criminal justice. Students in this course will create a research proposal, and no human subjects are involved.
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Math Core Requirement.