Create a True Experiment for Stationary Cameras

Term Paper # 102765

A comprehensive description of the creation of a true experiment for the use of stationary cameras in a high-risk crime area.

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Paper Summary:

This paper, broken down into five parts, describes the creation of a true experiment to examine the use of stationary cameras in crime prone areas. All elements are included, explained and discussed. The author also includes discussions related to data gathered, the test instrument itself and the validity and reliability of the results. The forth section discusses the advantages and disadvantages of cross-sectional, panel and trend designs and which is most effective. Finally, in the fifth section, the writer presents a discussion of the relationship among the various concepts explained in the text.

Outline:
Part 1 - Create a True Experiment for Stationary Cameras
True Experiment Requirements
Design of the Experiment
Abstract
Comparison Groups
Variation in the Independent Variable
Random Assignment
Conclusion
Part 2 - Create a Test Instrument
Nominal Data
Ordinal Data
Interval Data
Ratio Data
Part 3 - Validity and Reliability of Survey
Validity
Reliability
Part 4 - Cross-Sectional, Panel and Trend Designs

From the Paper:

"One of the ways to determine the causal impact of certain conditions upon social groups it through the use of "True Experiments". True Experiments contain at least three elements, being: at least two comparison group, an experimental group and the control group; before the measuring of change in the dependent variable, a variation must be made in the independent variable; and, members of the comparison groups are randomly assigned (Schutt, 2006, p.201). These elements are important in determining the causal mechanism and controlling the experiment."

Sample of Sources Used:

Schutt, Robert. (2006). Investigating the Social World, pages 1-256. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc.

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Create a True Experiment for Stationary Cameras (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Create-a-True-Experiment-for-Stationary-Cameras/102765

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"Create a True Experiment for Stationary Cameras" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Create-a-True-Experiment-for-Stationary-Cameras/102765>