The Latinobarómetro is a public opinion survey carried out in 18 countries in Latin America. It asks residents about a wide array of topics, from their views on democracy and politics to their victimization experiences and fear of crime. More information about this study is available here. http://www.latinobarometro.org/lat.jsp – You should carefully read the survey questionnaire and select one country for your study. Please be aware that the survey has already been conducted and that the dataset with the completed answers is being provided to you. The questionnaire shows you what was asked in this study and thus what information is available to you. The questions that are included in the questionnaire are the same that you will find in the dataset. You can use the short version of the questionnaire, which contains a selection of questions that may relate more directly to your research. – Defining a Research Problem and a Research Question. In this assignment, you are expected to take the first steps involved in a research project. The first step is to select a country of study. You can select any of the 18 countries included in the study, with the exception of Uruguay. You are going to answer your question for the population in that country. Then, you will select a topic of your interest and come up with an idea for your research. For your research project you should select one of these two topics: 1. Fear/perceived risk of crime 2. Victimization -Once you pick a topic, you will define a research problem. From this idea you will elaborate your research question. This is the gap in knowledge that you will intend to fill through your research. In simple terms, the research question summarizes what you are going to ask to your data and seek to answer through your analyses for the specific country. Coming up with a research problem and a research question is a very ch – College Pal
For this assignment, all you have to do is to select a topic, write an introduction, formulate a research question (see examples above) and a hypothesis. Keep it simple! Then, you will also review three different articles related to your topic.– Assignments should be between 2 to 4 pages long, not including the references. I encourage you to use APA style for your citations.– For […]