Requirements (The objective is “An analysis of the changes in recorded crime via authority over time”.)

Assignment concerns a report on a provided data file and be expected to demonstrate a single variate analysis utilising SPSS. This part of the assignment will be graded on the ability to demonstrate competence at the comparison of group means and showing some understanding of the statistical principles underlying the techniques.

Word length - 1,300 this does not include tables/charts/statistical print out.

Assignment is on the analysis of recorded crime by local authority district. For this assignment you will need the data file for recorded crimes for local authority district which will be e-mailed to you.

You are required to write a report on:

  "An analysis of the changes in recorded crime via authority over time"

This is to be based on a single variate analysis of the data provided, and its focus is on the interpretation of the output of the various charts/tables/statistical tests you choose to utilise. Clearly you must provide a rationale for such an analysis.

Note you do not have to provide any analysis on the reasons for why these changes have occurred