What measurement level is the crime rate?

Requirements: minimum 2 pages per question

Assignment 1

PART I

According to the table below, answer the following:

What measurement level is the crime rate?

Calculate the mean crime rate.

Calculate the median crime rate.

How does dropping Alaska change the values of the mean and the median?

Crime Rate per 100,000 Persons

Fill in the empty cells in the following table.

PART II – Essay

Each response must be at least 2 pages in length (Times New Roman, 12pt type and double spaced).

You must include citations when necessary (plagiarism policy according to the student handbook will apply).

You must write in American Sociological Association citation style. MLA, APA, or any other style is not acceptable. You must include a completed citation page even if you are only using the textbook as a reference. This is good practice for the comprehensive exam.

Choose a topic of Mental Health and answer each of the following in detail:

Why is the topic important? Provide relevant descriptive statistics.

Provide a research question. Explain the importance of answering your question.

Define hypothesis, independent, and dependent variables.

Identify the hypothesis, independent, and dependent variables for your question.

Describe the unit of analysis.

Explain your expected findings.

Given the topic Cyberbullying, design a research project and describe the research process, including the following:

Research Question

Hypothesis

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Evaluating the Hypothesis