Reliability
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Reliability
Scale: ALL VARIABLES
COMPUTE PUNITIVE=q2asentences +q2crepeat + q2dpolice + q2eprivilege + q2flocking + q2gchain + q2icastrate+ q2kmandatory.
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Frequencies
For skewness , the following variables would be considered non-normal : EMPLOYED
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there are outliers for both dependent and independent variable as shown in the table above as the highest and lowest points.
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T-Test
Because the p value is <.05 , we reject the null hyothesis and conclude that the variable is NOT representative of the population .
NPar Tests
Chi-Square Test
Frequencies
Because the p value of 0.011 is <.05 , we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the variable is not representative of the population .
Crosstabs
EMPLOYED * PUNITIVE
Ever been victim of crime * PUNITIVE
Criminology Criminal Justice Major * PUNITIVE
Concern about crime * PUNITIVE
The Pearson’s r is 0.29. This is a moderately weak positive association. It is statistically significant in the model since 0.00<0.05. Interpretation is .290x .290 =0.0781 0.0781x100 =7.81%. 7.81 % of the variation in punitive attitudes is explained by variation in concern about crime .
T-Test
Religious fundamentalists are significantly different (p value for t test is <.05 . The mean for religious fundamentalists was 44.34 and the mean for non-fundamentalists was 39.55 , indicated that religious fundamentalists are more punitive .
Regression
We cannot conclude that religious fundamentalism is causally related topunitiveness .
The variable is not statistically significant in the theoretical model hence it cannot be causally related to punitiveness in this sample .
Regression
R squared of 0.308 indicates a weak model since only 30.8% can be accounted for by fear and political ideology and 69.2% is due to other variables not in the model
