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Quantitative Criminology/Study/Statistics
An area of study that focuses on the investigation and testing of hypotheses, theories, and paradigms in relation to topics that is relevant to the fields of criminology and criminal justice. Quantitative research relies on data that consist of numbers, statistics, and mathematical models. Quantitative research is based on principles of the scientific approach, which includes the collection, analysis, and interpretation of empirical data. Quantitative studies are concerned with external validity, which refers to the ability to generalize findings from a sample to the larger population of reference.
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