Quantitative Social Research

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:

  1. Appraise and select the appropriate analytical technique to address a research problem.
  2. Use appropriate statistical software to perform commonly used statistical techniques.
  3. Interpret and write up statistical analyses appropriately.
  4. Develop an understanding of statistical techniques that will assist you as a competent consumer of empirical criminological, and social science, research.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Griffith University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• GRF-MCJ-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Criminology and Criminal Justice
• GRF-MCJ-MAS-2026 - Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Prior study

To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:

• GRF-CCJ209-Quantitative Methods for Social Research

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• GRF-MCCJ7036 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

• Software requirements - IBM SPSS Student Version 24.0

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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