ADVANCED CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES
a. Research question or hypotheses: state either a research question; or null hypothesis and related alternative hypothesis. How do you expect the results to come out? Why? In your answer, be sure to refer to previous research and/or theory to support your answer
Research Question- Relation between Juveniles and Property Crimes Ages 12-18
What results can we expect to come out?
Does age causes property crime? Or does Age influence property crimes
b. describe your research design and sample
c. What is your independent variable? What is your dependent variable? Your unit of analysis is going to be either group data or data at the individual level.
d. Data Analysis- what SPSS procedure will you use to analyze your data? Why?
Analysis going to be descriptive data because of Pearson’s correlation coefficient. It’s a descriptive statistical measure.
e. What is the degree of difficulty in conducting your study?
f. What is the potential significance of the proposed analysis to knowledge, theory, the field of criminology, and society?
What is the significance of my study to the field of criminology, and society?
g. What are the strengths and limitations related to your ability to complete your study?
