Instructions:Ability to summarize effectively and concisely and bring in the claims and type of evidence used by each authorAbility to integrate quotes effectively using proper signal phrases and parenthetical citationsAbility to identify sound arguments and identify appeals to ethos

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Db Forum #2 – Variables

Part 1

For each of the variables listed below, you must 1) determine the level of measurement and 2) say whether it is categorical or continuous:

a) the amount of resistance a suspect displays toward the police, measured as not resistant, somewhat resistant, very resistant

b) the number of times someone has shoplifted in his/her life

c) the number of times someone has shoplifted, measured as 0-2, 3-5, 6 or more.

d) in a sample of juvenile delinquents, whether or not those juveniles have substance abuse disorders

e) the type of attorney a defendant has at trial, measured as privately retained or publicly funded

f) a prosecutor’s filing decisions, measured as filed charges and did not file charges

g) in a sample of offenders sentenced to prison, the number of days in their sentences.

Part 2

Below are two research scenarios. For each scenario, answer the three questions below

1. A researcher wishes to test the hypothesis that arrest deters recidivism. She gathers a sample of people who have been arrested.

a) what is the independent variable?

b) what is the dependent variable?

c) what is the unit of analysis?

2. A researcher wishes to test the hypothesis that prison architecture design affects the number of inmate-on-inmate assaults that take place inside a facility. He gathers a sample of prisons across the United States.

a) what is the independent variable?

b) what is the dependent variable?

c) what is the unit of analysis?

course work

Db Forum #2 – Variables

Part 1

For each of the variables listed below, you must 1) determine the level of measurement and 2) say whether it is categorical or continuous:

a) the amount of resistance a suspect displays toward the police, measured as not resistant, somewhat resistant, very resistant

b) the number of times someone has shoplifted in his/her life

c) the number of times someone has shoplifted, measured as 0-2, 3-5, 6 or more.

d) in a sample of juvenile delinquents, whether or not those juveniles have substance abuse disorders

e) the type of attorney a defendant has at trial, measured as privately retained or publicly funded

f) a prosecutor’s filing decisions, measured as filed charges and did not file charges

g) in a sample of offenders sentenced to prison, the number of days in their sentences.

Part 2

Below are two research scenarios. For each scenario, answer the three questions below

1. A researcher wishes to test the hypothesis that arrest deters recidivism. She gathers a sample of people who have been arrested.

a) what is the independent variable?

b) what is the dependent variable?

c) what is the unit of analysis?

2. A researcher wishes to test the hypothesis that prison architecture design affects the number of inmate-on-inmate assaults that take place inside a facility. He gathers a sample of prisons across the United States.

a) what is the independent variable?

b) what is the dependent variable?

c) what is the unit of analysis?