Below is a list of 5 variables: 1)IQ of mentally ill offenders participating in a correctional treatment program.

Below is a list of 5 variables:

1)     IQ of mentally ill offenders participating in a correctional treatment program.

2)     The amount of resistance a suspect displays towards the police (measured as not resistant, somewhat resistant, or very resistant)

3)     Murder rate in Raleigh, NC

4)     Location of correctional facility (measured as Northeast, Midwest, South)

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

1. Last year, Dr. Hu did a study looking at the relationship between parental incarceration and a person's own involvement in crime.

a) what is the independent variable? Why?

b) what is the dependent variable? Why?

c) what is the unit of analysis? Why?

2. Dr. Fuller is interested in whether offender sentencing is affected by having a victim advocate as part of the adjudication process.

a) what is the independent variable? Why?

b) what is the dependent variable? Why?

c) what is the unit of analysis? Why?

1.     If a researcher is conducted a survey and wants to ask respondents about their self-reported involvement in shoplifting, there are a few different ways he could phrase this question.

a)     Identify the level of measurement that each type of phrasing shown below would produce

b)     Explain which of the three possible phrasing would be the best one to choose and why?

·        Possible phrasing 1: How many times have you taken small items from stores without paying for those items? 

Please write in ________________

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Possible phrasing 2: How many times have you taken small items from stores without paying for those items? Please circle one of the following: Never; 1-2 times; 3-4 times; 5+ times

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Possible phrasing 3: Have you ever taken small items from stores without paying for those items? Please circle one of the following: Yes       No.