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Potential research areas that have valid academic journal articles.  No topics concerning the military will be allowed due to the lack of literature written about topics in the military.  YOU MUST DEAL WITH TYPES OF PEOPLE..NOT CRIMES OR OTHER CONCEPTS THAT ARE HARD TO MEASURE.  I would use these five of these variables..gender, race, age, marital status, educational level, income level..if you want other variables, we can talk about it, but these are the easiest for beginning students..beside you have to use gender as one of the five.

1.  domestic violence offenders

2.  domestic violence victims

3.  sex offenders

4.   victims of any type of crime

5.  juvenile delinquents

4.  serial murderers

5.  criminals in general

6.  any other types of people that fall into the criminal justice system

THIS PAPER IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SCIENTIFIC METHODS RESEARCH PROJECT AND IS NOT TO BE COPIED AND USED AS YOUR OWN WORK.  THIS IS INTENDED TO ASSIST YOU ONLY AS A GUIDE AND TO SHOW YOU WHAT A FINISHED PROJECT WILL OR RATHER SHOULD LOOK LIKE.  

THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR PROJECT WILL BE THE TITLE PAGE

TITLE OF PROJECT

BY:  (your name)

CLASS:  CJ3375DL (term ?)

anything else you want to add

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.GOAL STATEMENT, VARIABLES, QUESTIONSP. #

II.HYPOTHESES/THEORIESP. #

III.SAMPLING PROCEDUREP. #

IV.COVER LETTERP. #

V.QUESTIONNAIREP. #

VI.LITERATURE REVIEWP. #’s

VII.DATA ANALYSISP. #’s

VIII.RESEARCH FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONP. #

IX.PROBLEMS ENCOUNTEREDP. #

X.REFERENCE LISTP. #

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I.INTRODUCTION

GOAL STATEMENT:  To find out who gets arrested for Driving Under the Influence more often in the State of Florida.

INDEPENDENT VARIABLES:  needs five variables

Gender

Select five  and relate the variable to the goal statement..I gave you one .already .you select four more

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1.What gender is arrested more often for DUI?

2.

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5.

**NOTE:  THESE QUESTIONS ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ARE ASKING YOURSELF AT THIS POINT ABOUT YOUR TOPIC...THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.  

ALSO THIS IS ALL THAT GOES ON THIS PAGE!

*NOTE:  YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELECT THE TOPIC OF DUI ARRESTS...THIS IS TO BE USED AS AN EXAMPLE ONLY...DO NOT COPY!

II.HYPOTHESES/THEORIES

H1:MALES ARE ARRESTED MORE OFTEN FOR DUI THAN FEMALES.

T1:The possible theory surrounding this hypothesis is because possibly more men frequent drinking establishments after working long hours and due to the stress of their home lives may be inclined to drink more than females thus encountering law enforcement more often while driving home; and therefore will be arrested more often than females.

You  need a hypothesis and theory for each one of  your variables..a theory is an explanation of why you believe your statement to be true.  

*NOTE:  YOU WOULD CONTINUE ON CREATING HYPOTHESES AND THEORIES FOR EACH OF YOUR VARIABLES....KEEP THESE IN THE SAME ORDER AS YOUR VARIABLES AND QUESTIONS.  BASICALLY TURN YOUR QUESTIONS INTO STATEMENTS OF FACT.

EXAMPLES OF DATA TABLE CONSTRUCTION

UNIVARIATE = one variable

                              Distribution of Gender

Males                              9                             60%

Females                           6         40%

Totals15     100%

BIVARIATE = two variables

      Distribution of Gender and Race

WhiteBlackTotals

Males  5      4   9     (60%)

Females  3  36      (40%)

Totals  8  7           15     (100%)

MULTIVARIATE = 3 or more variables

            Distribution of Gender, Marital Status & Education (set up)

SingleMarriedDivorced

M   FM  F    M  F

Educ.

How to calculate sampling error and confidence level from the data table on gender:

.60 x .40/15 = .24/15=.016 and then hit the square root key which gives you .1264911 X 2 = .2529 rounded off to .25 or 25%.  This becomes your sampling error and then substract that from 100% = 75% confidence level.

You use this formula to figure out the sampling error and confidence level for your own project.