CRJ 640
Assignment Number Four
Fall 2005

PROBLEM ONE:
A graduate student is interested in doing their Master’s thesis on the subject of hand-to-hand combat training and an officer’s use of force training.  Fifteen officers are selected to take part in the student’s study.  Over a period of 2 years these officers are provided the opportunity to participate in weekly physical tactics training sessions.  During this same time period, the number of excessive force complaints filed against these officers is recorded.  At the end of the 2 year period, the student collects data on the number of complaints filed and the number of hours each week that the officers trained in physical tactics.  This data is available in the data file: physicaltactics.sav. 

Open the Data File
            Analyze
                        Correlate
                                    Bivariate
                                                Move hrstrain and complain into the “variables” box
                                                Check on Pearson box
                                    Select OK

PROBLEM TWO:
A researcher is interested in determining whether there is any correlation between physical training and mental testing ability.  Ten subjects are selected to participate in the study.  Each participant is required to run a two mile race.  As each participant finishes the race they are ranked 1 through 10.  These same participants then take a statistics examination.  Based on the scores of the examination, participants are then ranked 1 through 10.  The results of this data collection are available in the data file physicalmental.sav.

Open the Data File
            Analyze
                        Correlate
                                    Bivariate
                                                Move race and exam into the “variables” box
                                                Check only Spearman box
                                    Select OK