Basic Statistics Using R for Crime Analysis
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Limited access to subscription-based statistical software poses obstacles when students want to apply the skills they acquired in college. Although students may learn programs like SPSS or Stata while at the university, they often find themselves unable to continue using these programs after graduation, making their acquired skills obsolete. As an open-source software program, R offers a solution to this challenge. It is freely accessible to anyone, including students, after they graduate. Therefore, I decided to write a freely available book for those interested in becoming crime analysts, focusing on learning statistics without delving too deeply into mathematics. Moreover, this book emphasizes practical applications by utilizing R for data analysis, ensuring students can develop relevant skills beyond the university. I hope that students can easily follow the instructions in this book and replicate the same outcomes using the provided data. This practical experience will demonstrate the value of statistics and R, ideally inspiring students to further their learning in these areas.
Publication Date
2024
Publisher
The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks
City
West Chester, PA
Keywords
Basic Statistics, Data Management, Analysis, R, Criminal Justice
Disciplines
Criminal Law
Recommended Citation
Choi, Jaeyong, "Basic Statistics Using R for Crime Analysis" (2024). College of Business & Public Management Faculty Books. 24.
https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/cbpafaculty_books/24
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) as a part of PA-ADOPT, except where otherwise noted.