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Scenario A: You are a Watch Commander in a large metropolitan police agency. Recently, vehicular burglaries...

Scenario A: You are a Watch Commander in a large metropolitan police agency. Recently, vehicular burglaries have increase substantially in one of the patrol beats under your command. The Captain thinks a saturation patrol strategy would reduce vehicular burglaries. This patrol strategy involves assigning a large number of patrol resources into the beat during times when vehicular burglaries are likely to occur. The theory behind this is that an increased police presence will deter would be burglars. You have been asked to conduct a study to see if a saturation patrol strategy will reduce vehicular burglaries in this patrol beat. Your alternative hypothesis is; An increase of patrol person hours (measured in hours) in the affected beat will reduce vehicular burglaries (measured in the number of incidents).

1. What is the independent variable in the above hypothesis?

2. What is the level of measurement for the independent variable”?

3. What is the dependent variable in the above hypothesis?

4. What is the level of measurement for the dependent variable?

5. What type (association or difference) of hypothesis is the above hypothesis?

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1. What is the independent variable in the above hypothesis?

The independent variable in the given hypothesis is given as the number of patrol person hours.

2. What is the level of measurement for the independent variable”?

The level of measurement for the independent variable number of patrol person hours is given as ratio level of measurement, because numbers of hours are given in quantitative form.

3. What is the dependent variable in the above hypothesis?

The dependent variable in the given scenario of hypothesis testing is given as the number of vehicular burglaries.

4. What is the level of measurement for the dependent variable?

The level of measurement for the dependent variable number of burglaries is ratio level, because the number of burglaries is quantitative in nature.

5. What type (association or difference) of hypothesis is the above hypothesis?

The association type of hypothesis is given in the hypothesis, because there is an association between the number of petrol person hours and the number of vehicular burglaries.

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