Question

Continuing the study of repeated criminal behavior, use the Rikers 1989 dataset to explore the question of whether the number of prior misdemeanor convictions (variable is pmis) is associated with the number of prior felony convictions (variable is pfel). Note the level of measurement of both variables and select the best way to examine this bivariate relationship.

Crosstabulation

Correlation

Compare

Means

or Boxplot

Answer 1

Correct option:

Correlation

Explanation:

Here, the Research Question is:

Is the number of prior misdemeanor convictions (variable is pmis) associated with the number of prior felony convictions (variable is pfel)?

The 2 Variables in this study are:

Variable 1 : The number of prior misdemeanor convictions (variable is pmis)

and

Variable 2: the number of prior felony convictions (variable is pfel)

both are quantitative.

So, the best way to examine this bivariate relationship is Correlation.