Scenario #1: The State of Wisconsin began running a Boot Camp for first time you

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Scenario #1: The State of Wisconsin began running a Boot Camp for first time youth drug offenders. The camp entails sending the offenders to the north woods from 3/14/2015 - 4/27/2015. "Campers" will build their own shelters and cook over open fires. The camp also includes traditional boot camp aspects like exercise, drills, etc. Billy Badger was given the job of determining the effectiveness of the boot camp. The next time the boot camp is conducted, he will compare a random sample of offenders placed in traditional programs (e.g., probation, incarceration, drug treatment, day treatment, house arrest, etc.) to a random sample of offenders placed in the boot camp. He is planning on comparing the groups on recidivism rates for the next two years.

1. What is your proposed Research Question(s) for this study? List them in detail.

2. What is your proposed "Hypothesis" for this scenario? Be specific.

3. What is your proposed "Null Hypothesis" for this scenario?

4. What is an "Independent Variable?" What would be the Independent Variable(s) for this scenario?

5. What is a "Dependent Variable?" What would be the Dependent Variable(s) for this scenario?

6. What would be your research design for this study. Where would it take place? How would you choose your subjects? What measurement tool(s) would you use and why?

7. How would you show your results? Be specific with several examples.

8. What problems, if any, do you project with the proposed studies regarding the participants or outcomes?

Explanation / Answer

The proposed Research Question for this study is; does having boot camp have any influence on the rate of recidivism. The proposed "Hypothesis" for this scenario is that the rate of recidivism declines when the convicts are made to have boot camps. The proposed; "Null Hypothesis" for this scenario is that the rate of recidivism is not affected by the incidence of boot camps. Independent variable (IV) is the variable that the experimenter manipulates i.e. changes and which leads to direct effects on the dependent variable. The independent variable, in this case, is the number of days spent in the boot camp.

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