Applied Data Analysis in Criminal Justice

You will read two peer reviewed journal articles and answer associated questions. In each assignment, we will focus on different statistical concepts/methods. I recommend reading each article in its entirety first in order to gain an understanding of the overall aims and findings of the article. Then you can focus on the sections that highlight the statistical concepts we have been learning about from the text and lectures.

This assignment covers material from chapters 1-4: Introduction to Statistics and Descriptives; Frequency Distributions; Measures of Central Tendency.

Read the two listed articles and answer the associated questions. Answer each question with complete sentences. Please use 12-point Times New Roman font and 1-inch margins. This assignment will be checked using anti-plagiarism software and returned to your instructor with an originality report.

 

Article 1:

Andresen, M. A., Frank, R., & Felson, M. (2013). Age and the distance to crime. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 14(3) 314 –33.

 

  1. What are the main research questions in this study? What are the authors trying to determine and why are their questions important? [2pts]

 

  1. In table 1, the authors present some central tendency measures. Answer the following questions about their method and findings:

 

  1. What measures of central tendency were used, and what information did it tell us? Discuss why this measure of central tendency was used instead of the other two options? In other words, why was it inappropriate to use the other two measures of central tendency? Be sure to discuss why both of the other options were not appropriate. [4pts]
  2. Which crime type had the shortest typical distance to crime? Which crime type had the longest distance to crime? Do you find these results surprising? Why or why not? [4pts]

 

  1. Again, looking at table 1, we see that the authors also included a “count” column that gives us some important information about the types of crime that are being reported to the police in British Columbia. Answer the following questions about crime type:

 

  1. What type of variable is crime type? That is, what is the level of measurement? [2pts]
  2. What is the mode? How do we know what the mode is? [2pts]
  3. Convert the counts for the most frequent and least frequent crimes to percents. In other words, what percent of total crime do the most common and least common crimes account for? [4pts]

 

Article 2:

Button, D. M., & Worthen, M. G. (2014). General Strain Theory for LGBQ and SSB Youth The Importance of Intersectionality in the Future of Feminist Criminology. Feminist Criminology, 9(4), 270-297.

 

  1. What are the main research questions in this study? What are the authors trying to determine and why are their questions important? [2pts]

 

  1. What are the independent and dependent variables? How do we know which variables are independent and which are dependent (besides the fact that the authors labeled them for you)? [2pts]

 

  1. What sampling strategy did the authors use to identify their participants? Was this an appropriate method? Why or why not? [4pts]
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