Loreen Wolfer received her PhD from Cornell University and is a Professor of Sociology in the Sociology / Criminal Justice department at the University of Scranton. She is also the Chief Evaluator for the University of Scranton's Center for the Analysis and Prevention of Crime. As such, she has evaluated programs for the Federal Office of Probation, the Office of Youth and Family Services, and various county-level court sponsored programs. Her other research interests include family and media studies.
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Part I: Establishing the Issue Chapter 1: Introduction to research Chapter 2: Getting Started: Topics, Literature Reviews, and Hypotheses Part II: Setting the Foundation for Observation Chapter 3: Ethics in Research Chapter 4: Measurement Chapter 5: Sampling Part III: Methods of Gathering Information Chapter 6: Experiments Chapter 7: Surveys Chapter 8: Qualitative Approaches Chapter 9: Evaluation Research Part IV: Making Sense and Presenting the Information Chapter 10: Preparing Quantitative Data Chapter 11: Descriptive Statistics Chapter 12: Confidence Intervals and One-Sample Hypothesis Testing Chapter 13: Hypothesis Testing with Two or More Samples Chapter 14: Finding the Degree of Association and Prediction Chapter 15: Data Presentation and Writing Results Chapter 16: Qualitative Analysis