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Criminal Justice Research 6216
Discussion : Ethics in Quantitative Analysis
As this week's introduction suggested, ethical questions sometimes arise in research and data analysis. These ethical questions can have wide-ranging consequences for the researcher, the field of criminal justice, and for the populations that might be affected by decisions based on this research.
Thus, knowledge of how to make ethical decisions when faced with challenging research situations and how to scrutinize the research findings of others for ethical pitfalls are important skills to have.
For this Discussion, consider potential examples of researcher misconduct related to quantitative research. Think about why these examples may occur and how they may be prevented. Finally, consider how you would define what it means to be an ethical researcher and why this is important.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by an example of an unethical behavior related to quantitative research. Explain why this situation may occur and how it could be prevented. Finally, explain what it means to you to be an ethical researcher and why this is important.
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What is the confidence interval
: Assuming random sampling is from a normal distribution with standard deviation σ = 5, if you get a sample mean of X¯ = 45 based on n = 25 participants, what is the 0.95 confidence interval for µ?
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Compute a confidence interval for the mean
: For the following situations, (a) n = 12, σ = 22, X¯ = 65, (b) n = 22, σ = 10, X¯ = 185, (c) n = 50, σ = 30, X¯ = 19, compute a 0.95 confidence interval for the mean.
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Show consumers how various articles of clothing will fit
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Express the expected total cost per unit time
: When deriving s, explicitly show your approach. That is express the expected total cost per unit time (TC(s)) under the corresponding cost criteria. Then, express DTC(s)=TC(s)-TC(s-1). Describe how one should use DTC(s) to determine optimal s.
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Explain what it means to you to be an ethical researcher
: As this week's introduction suggested, ethical questions sometimes arise in research and data analysis. These ethical questions can have wide-ranging consequences for the researcher, the field of criminal justice, and for the populations that migh..
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How to optimize deductions in order to reduce tax liability
: Jane comes to you to determine how to optimize her deductions in order to reduce her tax liability. What advice would you give her as to the expenditures above (assuming they all took place in the same year)?
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What is the mean and variance of the sample mean
: If n = 10 observations are randomly sampled from a distribution with mean µ = 9 and variance σ 2 = 8, what is the mean and variance of the sample mean?
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Figure out the probability of rolling any event
: 1. Your are playing a game of Yahtzee, which has 5 dice that you use. How many possible number arrangements (sample space) are there, so that you can figure out the probability of rolling any event.
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Simple interest rate should she charge him
: Frank borrows $1389 from Samantha for 48 months. If Samantha wants Frank to repay a total of 5% more than what he borrowed, what annual simple interest rate should she charge him?
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