Scenario. Southeast Correctional Center’s correctional agency has implemented a new specialized probation for offenders with a mental illness. The agency has noticed that it appears that the offenders with a mental illness assigned to specialized probation is causing offenders to have more technical violations on supervision.
The agency asks Marie to determine if their newly implemented specialized probation for offenders with a mental illness is increasing the number of technical violations offenders with a mental illness are receiving. The agency is concerned that the specialized probation for offenders with a mental illness is making offenders worse.
Research question?
Null hypothesis?
Non-directional alternative hypothesis?
What is the systematic influence Marie is trying to test?
Independent variable?
Dependent variable?
What chance are you willing to take that you will fail to reject a true null hypothesis?