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    Step 1: Watch Both of The Following Videos Regarding Chi-Square Analysis

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    Criminal justice agencies collect categorical data on variables like inmates' crime type, race, gender, education level, etc. These categorical variables have no inherent numerical value. The document discusses using a chi-square test to analyze relationships between categorical variables in criminal justice data. It provides a sample contingency table and questions to calculate chi-square and determine if there is a significant relationship between inmates' race and originating jurisdiction.

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    Criminal Justice agencies often gather large quantities of variables to be used in descriptive analyses.

    That is, to
    help describe situations, populations, and so on. For instance, the Department of Corrections collects data on
    inmates. Variables often include crime type, race, gender, originating jurisdiction (where they were convicted),
    education level, and many others.

    These data are often captured categorically rather than numerically. For instance, education level might be
    captured by simply identifying the name of the highest grade an offender achieved, such as high school diploma or
    GED, Bachelor’s degree, Associates degree, and so forth. Similarly, race data are most often captured by recording
    the label of the race the offender belongs to, such as Caucasian, African American, Asian, Native American, Pacific
    Islander, and so on. These labels have no inherent numerical value because they are simply categories. Thus, they
    are categorical variables.

    You cannot use traditional statistical analysis to investigate relationships between categorical variables because
    they are not numbers. Instead, you would use nonparametric tests, such as the chi-square test of independence.
    You will use this test to investigate the data below.

    This assignment has 2 steps.

    Step 1: Watch both of the following videos regarding chi-square analysis:

     Filling Out Frequency Table for Independent Events


     Contingency Table Chi-Square Test

    Step 2: Calculate chi-square using the data in the table below, this Chi Square Example Handout, and
    the Distribution Values Chart that go with this IP.

    Using the Chi-Square Example Handout and the Chi-Square Distribution Values Chart as guides to figure the
    calculations, calculate chi-square for the following data:

    Caucasia
    Originating Jurisdiction African American
    n

    Denver County 16 3 19

    El Paso County 4 6 10

    Pueblo County 6 15 21

    Total 26 24 50

    Originating jurisdiction Caucasian African American Total

    Denver County Observed 16 Observed 3 19

    Expected 9.88 Expected 9.12

    El Paso County Observed 4 Observed 6 10

    Expected 5.2 Expected 4.8

    Pueblo County Observed 6 Observed 15 21


    Expected 10.92 Expected 10.08

    Total 26 24 50

    Then, answer the following questions about your results:

    1. What is the column total for Caucasian? 26


    2. What is the column total for African American? 24
    3. What is the row total for Denver County? 19
    4. What is the row total for El Paso County? 10
    5. What is the row total for Pueblo County? 21
    6. Are race and originating jurisdiction significantly dependent? How do you know? 
    7. What is the final chi-square value?

    observed−expected 2 ( 16−9.88 ) ² (3−9.12)² ( 4−5.2)² (6−4.8) ²


    X2 = X =( + + + +
    expected 9.88 9.12 5.2 4.8
    (6−10.92) ² (15−10.08)²
    + )
    10.92 10.08

    X2 = 3.79 + 4.11 + 0.28 + 0.30 + 2.22 + 2.40 = X2 = 13.1

    8. How many degrees of freedom are there for this chi-square table? 

    Degrees of Freedom (D.F) = (number of rows – 1) × (number of columns – 1) = (3-1) × (2-1) = 2 × 1 = 2.

    9. What is the value for the 0.05 significance level and 2 degrees of freedom on the Chi-Square Distribution
    Values Chart? 
    10. Do you reject or accept the null hypothesis that states, “Originating Jurisdiction and Race are not
    significantly dependent (they are independent)"?

    References

    Khan Academy. (2017a). Contingency table chi-square test [Video file]. Retrieved from


    https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/inference-categorical-data-chi-square-tests/
    chi-square-tests-for-homogeneity-and-association-independence/v/contingency-table-chi-square-test

    Khan Academy. (2017b). Filling out frequency table for independent events [Video file]. Retrieved from
    https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/inference-categorical-data-chi-square-tests/
    chi-square-tests-for-homogeneity-and-association-independence/v/frequency-table-independent-events

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