Analysis of Education Level and Youth Violence

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Analysis of Education Level and Youth Violence
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Introduction

• First Offense
• Deaths From Violence
• Physical Fighting
• Defining Violence

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Purpose

• Determination of relationship between educational
  level and the incidence of physical violence
  among youth.
• Null Hypothesis Education level does not effect
  the incidence of physical violence.
• Alternative Hypothesis Education level does
  effect the incidence of physical violence.

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Epi-Info Parameters
Using YRBDATA2.DBF 1. Select for age greater
than 15 2. Select for all physical fight
incidences except not ascertained. 3. Re-defined
education level to decrease to three groups. 4.
Means of physical fight and education levels.
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Methods

• Participants
• Materials
• Design and Procedure

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Results

• ANOVA
• F Statistic
• Tukeys
• Graph

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Results
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Discussion

• Education level effects physical violence
• Other risk factors
• Intervention programs
• Shortcomings of the study
• Local versus national surveys
• Self-reported data
• Failure to address level of social maturity