Študijski programi

Objectives and competences

To equip students with basic statistical concepts and methods for Social Sciences Research.

Content (Syllabus outline)

• Statistics as a research tool • Descriptive Statistics and data presentations • Random Variables • Sampling Distributions • Parameter Estimation • Hypothesis Testing • Contingency tables • Regression and Correlation • Time series analysis • Analysis of Variance

Learning and teaching methods

Lectures, tutorial with the Excel, PSPP or SPSS, computer simulations of statistical cases, presentations of research articles from criminal justice and security journals.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Understanding of key concepts and insight into the characteristics of scientific research of security phenomena. Understanding basic statistical tools to deal with populations and samples.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Student learns to apply elementary methods of data collection. Student learns to study social and security phenomena with the use of uni and bivariate statistics methods.

Readings

• Erčulj, V. in Šulc, A. (2022). Gremo, statistika. Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za varnostne vede. • Ferligoj, A., Lozar Manfreda, K. in Žiberna, A. (1995). Osnove statistike na prosojnicah. Fakulteta za družbene vede. • Brvar, B. (2007). Statistika. Fakulteta za varnostne vede. • Bren, M. in Sabolek, R. (2001). Statistika v raziskovanju:, sto in nekaj nalog z rešitvami. Moderna organizacija. • Weisburd, D. in Britt, C. (2007). Statistics in criminal justice (3rd ed.). Springer. • Košmelj, B., Arh, F., Doberšek-Urbanc, A., Ferligoj, A. in Omladič, M. (2001). Statistični terminološki slovar. Statistično društvo Slovenije, SAZU.

Prerequisits

Introductory to combinatorics, probability theory and mathematical analysis. Basic skills in working with a computer.

doc. dr. VANJA IDA ERČULJ

Written examination: 100

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: 100

Slovenian
Slovenian

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SECURITY - 3^rd