Methodology essay

A4: Design and
Methods

Using the attached Police Public Contact Data Collection
Details and the PPCS
2011 Freqs on CRJU 396 Var documents write in essay format a description of
the design and methods of your study.

1.
Indicate what type of study this is (we discussed this in class).

2. Using information from the Police Public Contact Data Collection
Details describe: (DO NOT CUT and PASTE from the documents. Use your own words.)
A . Procedure (How was data
collected?)
**Which method was used to collect
the data (survey, observation, unobtrusive research)

**What agency collected the data?

**Indicate if the data is part of another data collection effort.

B.
Sample (From whom/what was the data collected?)
**Among whom or what was the
data collected (ex., Police officers, court records, US citizens)
**How many cases in the sample were approached
**How many cases remained for
the study (what happened to the ones
that dropped?).

C.
Instruments: (Use the “Freqs” document for this)
**How were variables in you study operationally
defined.

3. Data Analysis:

**Indicate the statistical techniques will you used. Everyone in this course will be doing the
same analysis so cut and past the following sentence into your assignment. I am giving you the statement you must add
a few sentences on why use these statistics. (Lookup the reason why these
stats are used).

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