CRJS 3710 - Social Statistics
Summer 2026 Syllabus, Section 01, CRN 30252,
Credit hours: 3
Course Meeting Times
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Instructor
Richard Rogers
Professional Qualifications:
Ph. D., Sociology, Princeton University
B.A., Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Professor
Email: rlrogers02@ysu.edu
Office: Cushwa 2145 (suite 2141)
Office Phone: 330-941-3543
Additional Contact Methods:
Available by Webex during student support hours: https://ysu.webex.com/meet/rlrogers02
Preferred Contact Method: Email
Communication Expectations:
Responses to emails normally come with 48 hours. Email is checked at least once a day unless otherwise notified. Video announcements for the week are posted every Sunday or Monday.
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Course Description
Course Readings
| Group | Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Statistical Analysis in Criminal Justice and Criminology | Vito, G. F., Blankenship, M. B., Kunselman, J. C | ISBN 978-1-4786-3784-4 |
The course readings are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, research developments, current events, and/or to ensure better learning.
Assignments/Assessments
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Schedule of Topics and Assignments
| Week of | Reading(s) | Proposed Topic | Due/To Prepare for Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/11 | Readings: Vito et al., chapters 1 and 2 Video: Why smart statistics are the key to fighting crime Video: Levels of measurement |
Intro to Stats | 5/13: Discussion: Intro (1st post) 5/13: Quiz: Intro to Statistics 5/17: Terminology & Levels of Measurement 5/17: Exercise: Entering Data (2 parts) |
| 5/18 | Vito et al., chap. 3-5, 7 Video: Descriptive statistics for numeric variables Web: How to make a boxplot in Excel Web: How to make a histogram in Excel Video: The normal distribution Video: Confidence intervals |
Descriptive Stats for Interval-Ratio Variables | 5/20: Quiz and Exercise: Descriptive Statistics for Numeric Variables 5/20: Graphs for Interval-Ratio Variables 5/24: Normal Curve and Statistical Significance 5/24: Ohio Z-score |
| 5/25 | Video: How to. . . create a basic Pivot Tab le in Excel Video: Intro to Pivot Tables, charts & dashboards Video: Frequency tables in Excel Reading: Vito et al., chap 3 |
Descriptive Stats for Categorical Variables | 5/27: Exercise: Frequency Tables for Categorical Data 5/27: Exercise: Frequency Tables for Categorical Data 5/31: Exercise: Graphs for Categorical Variables 5/31: Group Project: Contract |
| 6/1 | Vito et al., chaps 3, 6, 10 Web: Scatter plot in Excel Video: How to calculate a correlation in Excel Video: How to construct a contingency table using a Pivot Table in Excel |
Bivariate Relationships I | 6/3: Exercise: Scatterplots and Timeline Groups 6/3: Exercise: Scatterplots and Pearson’s r 6/7: Quiz: Contingency Tables 6/7: Exercise: Contingency Tables |
| 6/8 | Vito et al, chap. 8, 9 Video: Independent sample t-test in Excel Web: Effect size calculator Video: Excel – one-way ANOVA Analysis Toolpak Video: An introduction to the general linear model |
Bivariate Relationships II | 6/10: Two-Sample T-Tests 6/14: One-Way (Single Factor) ANOVA 6/10: Two-Sample T-Tests 6/14: One-Way (Single Factor) ANOVA 6/14: Group Project: First Schedule Contact Point |
| 6/15 | Vito et al., chap. 11 Video: Regression analysis on Excel Video: ANCOVA models in Excel Video: SoftTech tutorials |
OLS Regression | 6/17: Exercise: OLS Regression 6/21: Exercise: Multiple Regression and ANCOVA Models 6/21: Group Project: Second Contact Point |
| 6/22 | Video: Binary logistic regression in Microsoft Excel using XLMiner | Logistic Regression and Group Project | 6/24: Binary Logistic Regression 6/26: Reflection 6/26: Group Project: Final Submission |
The course schedule, policies, procedures, and assignments in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, by mutual agreement, and/or to ensure better learning.