As a criminologist, you are interested in the factors related to juvenile offend

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As a criminologist, you are interested in the factors related to juvenile offending. You think that time spent studying influences delinquent behavior. In a group of 21 high school students, you collect information about the number of times a juvenile has broken curfew this month and how much time they spend studying this month. You break the sample into three groups, those who spend no time studying, those who spend less than 1 hour per day, and those who spend more than 1 hour per day).

a) What is the independent variable?              

b) What is the dependent variable?

c) What is the null hypothesis?

d) What is the research hypothesis?

e) Interpret the results.

Explanation / Answer

a) Independent variable is the number of times a juvenile has broken curfew.

b) The dependent variable is the number of hours they spend studying.

c)H0 : Time spent studying do not influences delinquent behavior.

d) H1 : Time spent studying influences delinquent behavior.

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