For this project, you will submit a data brief as a Word file. You will complete your brief using the writing templates on this page and the topic you selected in your Project Three Milestone assignment. Use the data set provided and the relevant contingency table to complete your interpretation of the chi-square test.
Note: You do not need to perform any additional analyses or calculations. You only need to interpret and report the analyses that have been completed and create graphics as visual supplements for your data brief.
TOPIC SELECTED:
Here’s the topic you chose in Project Three Milestone:
The topic I have chosen is “Police Striking Adults”. The reason behind me choosing this topic was the fact that between 2019 and now, a lot of world news has been about the motives behind how police choose to deal with different scenarios. Specifically, I think back to George Floyd and the many other unfortunate situations that were shared around the time of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Imagine you work as a research assistant in Washington, DC, at the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice is interested in issues related to race, discrimination, and policing. Your team has been given data and output from chi-square tests, and you are tasked with communicating the findings and possible implications directly to police departments. However, all the work you do is public and thus available to the media and community members, as well as to nonprofit organizations. As you weave together the story of this data, keep in mind that it will need to be written for multiple audiences and tell an accurate and persuasive story.
Qualities: Create a narrative based on communication best practices for a varied audience. Your data brief should demonstrate the following:
Tells an accurate and persuasive story
Presents sufficient logic
Presents statistical findings to support claims
PROJECT THREE MILESTONE INFO:
The topic I have chosen is “Police Striking Adults”. The reason behind me choosing this topic was the fact that between 2019 and now, a lot of world news has been about the motives behind how police choose to deal with different scenarios. Specifically, I think back to George Floyd and the many other unfortunate situations that were shared around the time of the Black Lives Matter movement.
ACTUAL PROMPTS:
Describe the key findings from your interpretation of the data for a general audience. Your response should be about 2 to 4 sentences. Include the following in your response:
• Easy-to-understand statistical values (e.g., percentages)
Summarize the background information for the scientific community. Your response should be about 3 to 5 sentences. Include the following in your response:
• Introduction to the research topic
• Credible background sources to support the introduction to the topic
Describe the major statistical findings for the scientific community. Your response should be about 3 to 7 sentences. Include the following in your response:
• An explanation of at least two major findings
• An explanation contextualizing the graphs you will include in the next item to ensure that the reader understands their purpose in the brief
Represent the major statistical findings for the scientific community with graphs. Your response should include a graph for each finding to support your description.
Upload your first graph below as a JPEG or PNG file:
Upload your second graph below as a JPEG or PNG file:
Provide a concise summary appropriate for a general audience. Include the following in your response:
• A restatement of why this research was completed and reminder of the key findings
• The application of the findings
NOTE: I will have to transfer this work into another system so please make it easy to transfer!
