TY - BOOK AU - Foronda,Mercedes A. TI - Criminological research and statistics SN - 9786214181469 U1 - 364.072 PY - 2020/// CY - Quezon City PB - Wiseman's Books Trading KW - Criminology KW - Research KW - Criminal statistics KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 240); Definition of research; Importance of research to human kind; Purposes and goals of research; Characterizing a good research; Classification of research; Following the scientific method of research; Steps in making research; Designing the study; Elements of a research problem; Guidelines in the selection of a research problem or topic; Three (3) major research methods; Ways of obtaining descriptive information; The extent of use of descriptive method; Advantages, disadvantages and cautions in the use of descriptive method; Summary of descriptive research; Principles of the scientific methods; Different types of papers and research reports; Purposes in writing a term paper; Collect/gathering information for the term paper; Organizing the materials; Writing the term paper; Revisiting the term paper; Research design; Variables in research design; Hypothesis; Chapter 1. The Problem and its background; Chapter 2. The review of related literature and studies; Chapter 3. Methodology and research design; Chapter 4. Presentation, analysis and interpretation of data; Chapter 5. Summary of findings, conclusions and recommendations; Sample on how to prepare thesis and/or dissertation ER -