Correlation Between Number of Refugees and Number of Crimes Assignment

  • The Topic is Crimes and Refugees
    • In class, we have examined a variety of topics, such as sports, academics, business and finance, politics, social activities, video games, sleep, etc.
  • Choose a question that you’d like to answer about that topic.
    • Remember the types of questions we can answer:
      • Correlation: What is the relationship between ____ and ____
      • Regression: Can we predict ____ from _____??
      • Probability: What is the probability of ____ occurring?
      • T-tests: Do ____ and ___ differ in their levels on _____ ?
      • ANOVA: Is there difference between ___, ___, and ___ in their levels of _____?
  • Review literature about that topic.
    • Use Google Scholar, business websites, or peer reviewed sources to explore information about your topic.
    • What have other researchers studied about this topic?
    • What have they concluded about this topic?
    • What still needs to be explored?
  • Formulate hypotheses based on your research.
    • Develop null and research hypotheses that you plan to test.
  • Collect data (at least N = 20) to test your question.
  • Perform your statistical test.
  • Report your results and draw conclusions.

The two Hypothesis questions are

the question is does people with mental issues are more likely to commit crimes

the second question is there correlation between number of refugees and number of crimes