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Variables

The following list is a list of each variable in the dataset and how it is measured. Read this list closely
1. Case_ID: A unique identifier for each case
2. Year: the year in which the data for that location were collected
3. p_unemployment: the percentage of the population that is unemployed
4. p_cashassistance: the percentage of the population that uses cash assistance programs
5. p_fstamps: the percentage of the population that uses food stamp programs
6. PERBLACK: the percentage of the population that identifies as black or African American
7. PERHIS: the percentage of the population that identifies as Hispanic
8. UnderDeg: 1 = 0-9.9 percent of the population has an bachelors degree, 2 = 10-19.9 of the population has a bachelors degree, 3 = 20-20.9 percent of the population has a bachelors degree, 4 = 30 percent or more of the population has a bachelors degree
9. GradDeg: 1 = 0-9.9 percent of the population has a graduate degree, 2 = 10-19.9 percent of the population has a graduate degree, 3 = 20 percent or more of the population has a graduate degree
10. veterans: the number of veterans in the community
11. p_foreign_born: the percentage of foreign-born members of the community
12. SOUTH: whether the community is located in the Southern US
13. FE.Cleaned: the number of officer-involved fatal encounters in the community
14. vc_rate: the violent crime rate
15. FTSWORN: the number of full-time sworn officers
16. FTCIV: the number of full-time civilian employees in the department
17. ISSU_SPEC: the number of specialized units in the department
18. CP_TrnRec: 0 = the agency does NOT require recruits to undergo at least 8 hours of community policing training, 1 = the agency does require recruits to undergo at least 8 hours of community policing training
19. CP_TrnIns: 0 = the agency does NOT require currently employed officers to undergo at least 8 hours of community policing training, 1 = the agency does require currently employed officers to undergo at least 8 hours of community policing training
20. CP_PTNR: 0 = the agency does NOT participate in community problem-solving partnerships, 1 = the agency does participate in community problem-solving partnerships
21. Swat: 0 = the agency does NOT have their own SWAT team, 1 = the agency does have their own SWAT team.

Using SPSS to Create A Chart or Graph

For the variables Year, p_unemployment, p_cashassistance, p_fstamps, PERBLACK, PERHIS, UnderDeg, GradDeg, veterans, and p_foreign_born, complete the following: 1) identify the most appropriate chart or graph to depict the variable visually, 2) use SPSS to create that chart or graph, and 3) interpret and describe the graph.
Question 1 Solution
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1. The table below gives the variables and their respective suitable visualization
Variables Graph/Chart
Year Bar Chart
p_unemployment Histogram
p_cashassistance Histogram
p_fstamps Histogram
PERBLACK Histogram
PERHIS Histogram
UnderDeg Pie Chart
GradDeg Pie Chart
Veterans Histogram
p_foreign_born Histogram

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3. The table below gives the variable, the suitable representation and interpretation of the representations

Variables Graph Interpretation
Year Bar Chart The bar plot shows that majority of the data was collected in the year 2013 followed by year 2012 and 2014
p_unemployment Histogram The Histogram shows that the percentage of the  population unemployed for the period of interest is normally distributed
p_cashassistance Histogram The Histogram of the percentage of population that uses cash assistance program also followed a normal distribution
p_fstamps Histogram The Histogram of the percentage of the population that used food stamp programs is rightly skewed which reveals that the mean is greater than the median.
PERBLACK Histogram The Histogram of the percentage of the population that identifies as black or African American is rightly skewed which reveals that the mean is greater than the median.
PERHIS Histogram The Histogram of the percentage of the population that identifies as Hispanic is also rightly skewed which reveals that the mean is greater than the median.
UnderDeg Pie Chart The pie plot reveals that the majority of the sampled location has 10-19.9 percent of the population with a bachelor’s degree followed by location with 20-20.9 percent of the population with a bachelor’s degree.
GradDeg Pie Chart The pie plot for GradDeg reveals that the majority of the sampled location has 0-9.9 percent of the population with a graduate degree followed by location with 10-19.9 percent of the population with a graduate degree. The least of the location have 20 percent or more of the population with graduate degree  
Veterans Histogram The Histogram of the number of veterans in the community is rightly skewed which reveals that the mean is greater than the median.
p_foreign_born Histogram The Histogram of the percentage of foreign-born members of the community is rightly skewed which reveals that the mean is greater than the median.

Identifying an Appropriate Chart or Graph

For the variables you did not use in the previous question (except Case_ID), complete the following: 1) identify the most appropriate chart or graph to depict the variable visually, 2) use SPSS to create that chart or graph, and 3) interpret and describe the graph.
Question 2 Solution
1. The table below gives the appropriate visualization of the other variables involved in the study
Variables Appropriate Visualization
SOUTH Bar Plot
FE.Cleaned Line plot
vc_rate Histogram
FTSWORN Histogram
FTCIV Histogram
ISSU_SPEC Line plot
CP_TrnRec Bar plot
CP_TrnIns Bar plot
CP_PTNR Pie plot
Swat Pie plot
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3. The table below gives the interpretation of the various variables visualization 

Variables Visualization   Interpretation
SOUTH Bar Plot The bar plot shows that the majority of the sampled community are in the Southern US
FE.Cleaned Line plot The line plot gives the visualization the number of officer-involved fatal encounters in the community. The visualization revealed that majority of the community have no officer-involved in fatal encounter.
vc_rate Histogram The Histogram is rightly skewed which shows that the mean is greater than the median for the violent crime rate
FTSWORN Histogram The Histogram is rightly skewed which shows that the mean is greater than the median for number of full-time sworn officer
FTCIV Histogram The FTCIV also have a rightly skewed histogram with mean greater than the median.
ISSU_SPEC Line plot The line plot revealed that majority of the community has 3 numbers of specialized units in each department.
CP_TrnRec Bar plot The bar plot revealed that majority of the sample community requires the recruits to undergo at least 8 hours of community policing training  
CP_TrnIns Bar plot The bar plot revealed that majority of the sample community agency does not require currently employed officers to undergo at least 8 hours of community policing training
CP_PTNR Pie plot The pie plot shows that majority of the sampled community agency does participate in community problem-solving partnerships
Swat Pie plot The pie plot shows that the majority of the sampled community agency does not have their own SWAT team

Creating New Variables

Create new variables based on the following descriptions
a. ORDBLACK: transform PERBLACK into a 3-category ordinal variable where a value of 1 = 0 – 30; 2 = 30.00000001 – 60; 3 = 60.00000001 – highest
b. ORDCASH: transform p_cashassistance into a 5-category ordinal variable where a value of 1 = 0 – 1.99; 2 = 2.00 – 3.99; 3 = 4.00 – 5.99; 4 = 6.00 – 7.99; 5 = 8.00 or greater
c. FE2: transform by changing FE.Cleaned into a dichotomous variable where a value 0 = 0 and 1 = everything else
d. LRGAGENCY: transform FTSWORN into a dichotomous variable where a value of 0 = 0 – 349 and 1 = all other values
e. ORDFOR: transform p_foreign_born into a 4-category ordinal variable where a value of 1 = 0.0 – 9.9; 2 = 10.0 – 19.9; 3 = 20.0 – 29.9; 4 = 30.0 or more
For each of your five new variables, calculate the appropriate measure of central tendency and dispersion for each variable and report those values
Question 3 Solution
Since the five new variables are ordinal data, median and mode is the appropriate measure central tendency and the range and interquatile range are the appropriate measure of dispersion.
Statistics
  ORDBLACK ORDCASH FE2 LRGAGENCY ORDFOR
N Valid 463 463 463 463 463
Missing 0 0 0 0 0
Median 1.0000 2.0000 .0000 .0000 2.0000
Mode 1.00 2.00 .00 .00 1.00

The table above give the median and mode value for each of the variables.

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  ORDBLACK ORDCASH FE2 LRGAGENCY ORDFOR
N Valid 463 463 463 463 463
Missing 0 0 0 0 0
Range 2.00 4.00 1.00 1.00 3.00
Percentiles 25 1.0000 1.0000 .0000 .0000 1.0000
50 1.0000 2.0000 .0000 .0000 2.0000
75 1.0000 3.0000 1.0000 .0000 2.0000
  The table above gives the measure of dispersion for the new variables.

Interpreting Confidence Intervals

Create and interpret 95% and 99% confidence intervals for the following variables: vc_rate, p_fstamps, p_unemployment, FTCIV, FTSWORN.
Question 4 Solution
Variables 95% Confidence Interval
Lower Upper
vc_rate 441.6012 521.4842
p_fstamps 13.969 15.545
p_unemployment 6.424 6.837
FTCIV 59.64 90.83
FTSWORN 224.19 363.01
Variables 90% Confidence Interval
Lower Upper
vc_rate 448.0433 515.0420
p_fstamps 14.096 15.418
p_unemployment 6.457 6.803
FTCIV 62.16 88.31
FTSWORN 235.39 351.82

Hypothesis Testing

Is agency size related to the number of fatal officer shootings? Using FE2 and LRGAGENCY assess this research question using the hypothesis testing process. You MUST specify each step of the hypothesis testing process.
Question 5 Solution
Step 1: hypothesis
Null Hypothesis: There is no significance association between agency size and the number of fatal officer shootings
Alternative Hypothesis: There is significance association between agency size and the number of fatal officer shootings
Step 2: Rejection Rule
Reject the null hypothesis if the p-value is less than 0.05
Step 3: Test Statistic
The chi square test of independence is obtain and the result display below

Chi-Square Tests

  Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (1-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 57.900a 1 .000    
Continuity Correctionb 55.821 1 .000    
Likelihood Ratio 54.983 1 .000    
Fisher's Exact Test       .000 .000
Linear-by-Linear Association 57.775 1 .000    
N of Valid Cases 463        
a. 0 cells (0.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 23.40.
b. Computed only for a 2x2 table
  The chi-square has p-value less than 0.05.
Step 4: Conclusion
The p-value is less than 0.05; we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is significance association between agency size and the number of fatal officer shootings.
Question 6
Is the proportion of black residents related to the number of fatal shootings? Using FE2 and ORDBLACK assess this research question using the hypothesis testing process. You MUST specify each step of the hypothesis testing process.
Question 6 Solution
Step 1: Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis: There is no significance association between the proportion of black residents and the number of fatal officer shootings
Alternative Hypothesis: There is no significance association between the proportion of black residents and the number of fatal officer shootings
Step 2: Rejection Rule
Reject the null hypothesis if the p-value is less than 0.05
Step 3: Test Statistic
The chi square test of independence is obtain and the result display below
Chi-Square Tests
  Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 8.635a 2 .013
Likelihood Ratio 8.335 2 .015
Linear-by-Linear Association .735 1 .391
N of Valid Cases 463    
a. 0 cells (0.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 8.48.
X2(2, 463) = 8.635, p=0.013
Step 4: Conclusion
The p-value is less than 0.05; we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is no significance association between the proportion of black residents and the number of fatal officer shootings.
Question 7
Are departments in communities with larger proportions of foreign born individuals more likely to have SWAT teams? Using Swat and ORDFOR assess this research question using the hypothesis testing process. You MUST specify each step of the hypothesis testing process.
Question 7 Solution
Step 1: Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis: Departments in communities having larger proportions of foreign born individuals is independence of having SWAT teams
Alternative Hypothesis: Departments in communities having larger proportions of foreign born individuals is dependence of having SWAT teams
Step 2: Rejection Rule
Reject the null hypothesis if the p-value is less than 0.05
Step 3: Test Statistic
The chi square test of independence is obtain and the result display below
Chi-Square Tests
  Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 1.400a 3 .706
Likelihood Ratio 1.390 3 .708
Linear-by-Linear Association .448 1 .503
N of Valid Cases 451    
a. 0 cells (0.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 11.67.

X2(3, 451) = 1.40, p=0.706

Step 4: Conclusion

The p-value is greater than 0.05, we do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude that departments in communities with larger proportions of foreign born individuals are not likely to have SWAT teams.

Question 8

Are police departments in communities with larger proportions of citizens with undergraduate degrees more likely to engage in community partnerships? Using UnderDeg and CP_PTNR assess this research question using the hypothesis testing process. You MUST specify each step of the hypothesis testing process.

Question 8 Solution

Step 1: Hypothesis

Null Hypothesis: Police departments in communities with larger proportions of citizens with undergraduate degrees is independence of the engagement in community partnerships

Alternative Hypothesis: Police departments in communities with larger proportions of citizens with undergraduate degrees is not independence of the engagement in community partnerships

Step 2: Rejection Rule

Reject the null hypothesis if the p-value is less than 0.05

Step 3: Test Statistic

The chi square test of independence is obtain and the result display below

Chi-Square Tests
  Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 4.458a 3 .216
Likelihood Ratio 4.470 3 .215
Linear-by-Linear Association .995 1 .318
N of Valid Cases 455    
a. 0 cells (0.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 16.89.
X2(3, 451) = 1.40, p=0.706
Step 4: Conclusion
The test have p-value greater than 0.05, we do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude that police departments in communities with larger proportions of citizens with undergraduate degrees are not likely to engage in community partnerships.
Question 9
Are police departments in communities with larger proportions of citizens with graduate degrees more likely to engage in community partnerships? Using GradDeg and CP_PTNR assess this research question using the hypothesis testing process. You MUST specify each step of the hypothesis testing process.
Question 9 Solution
Step 1: Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis: Police departments in communities with larger proportions of citizens with graduate degrees is independence of the engagement in community partnerships
Alternative Hypothesis: Police departments in communities with larger proportions of citizens with graduate degrees is not independence of the engagement in community partnerships
Step 2: Rejection Rule
Reject the null hypothesis if the p-value is less than 0.05
Step 3: Test Statistic
The chi square test of independence is obtain and the result display below
Chi-Square Tests
  Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 12.366a 2 .002
Likelihood Ratio 12.531 2 .002
Linear-by-Linear Association .134 1 .715
N of Valid Cases 455    
a. 0 cells (0.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 20.35.

X2(2, 455) = 12.366, p=0.002

Step 4: Conclusion

The test p-value is less than 0.05, we reject the null hypothesis police departments in communities with larger proportions of citizens with graduate degrees are more likely to engage in community partnerships

Question 10

Do agencies that require recruits to undergo significant community policing training also require current officers to undergo extensive community policing training? Using CP_TrnRec and CP_TrnIns assess this question using the hypothesis testing process. You MUST specify each step of the hypothesis testing process.

Question 10 Solution

Step 1: Hypothesis

Null Hypothesis: Agencies that require recruits to undergo significant community policing training is independence of the current officers undergoing extensive community policing training

Alternative Hypothesis: Agencies that require recruits to undergo significant community policing training is not independence of the current officers undergoing extensive community policing training

Step 2: Rejection Rule

Reject the null hypothesis if the p-value is less than 0.05

Step 3: Test Statistic

The chi square test of independence is obtain and the result display below

Chi-Square Tests
  Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (1-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 50.958a 1 .000    
Continuity Correctionb 49.303 1 .000    
Likelihood Ratio 56.200 1 .000    
Fisher's Exact Test       .000 .000
Linear-by-Linear Association 50.825 1 .000    
N of Valid Cases 381        
a. 0 cells (0.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 44.54.
b. Computed only for a 2x2 table
  X2(1, 381) = 50.958, p=0.0001
Step 4: Conclusion
The test result have p-value less than 0.05, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that agencies that require recruits to undergo significant community policing training also require current officers to undergo extensive community policing training.