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Amanda Powe
Sowk 300
Tuskegee University
March 31, 2010
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Hypotheses
Physical abuse is a subject that many can identify with, from either personal
experience, or experiences derived from someone close to them. There are
many questions about the origin of these selfish acts and studies across the
nation that seek to explain them. Although physical abuse is frowned upon
in the United States, many people struggle with its effects daily. There are
number of women who suffer from the physical abuse of a partner. The study
that will be examined will look at some of the variables that may have an
effect on this outcome. The variables I chose look at include the following;
race, the amount of times abused in the last year, and length of relationship
(time of the study).
When looking at the variables above, I found it challenging to draw a
conclusion because of the broadness of them. Though there are ways that
people can make assumptions, I wanted to be careful not to stereotype one
group based on my previous knowledge. The hypotheses were drawn
regardless of assumptions dealing with the cases. Length of relationship will
effect the amount of times R was abused in the last year. Length of
relationship and race will coherently impact the amount of time R was abused
in the last year. These hypotheses analyzed through the data and found. The
data will show results and work to establish truth in the following hypotheses.
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Rationale
In order to compute a hypotheses, you begin to theorize what exactly makes
sense in the cases of research that you are conducting. There must be proper
guidelines set out and a number of variables need to be sorted through.
When analyzing your approach you will have to be understanding of the
respondent and make logical yet personalized hypotheses that reflect your
thoughts on the subject. Later you will be able to explain your decisions and
make the proper decision for analyzing your data.
The fact that there are women across the nation women are faced with issues.
The study of abused women, became a subject of interest because of the
variables that were included in the study. When you think of abused women
many times we don't think of the age of the individual, we think of the
consequences to the such dramatic actions that were taken. Many blame the
women without looking at what caused this abuse. In order to draw a
hypotheses, I thought about the ways that women must feel when in a
relationship over a year long. Though age and level of education could be
strong indicators of the reason for abuse, I chose not to study that effect. I
chose to look at length of relationship because in relationships that are over a
year begin to incorporate a number of issues that my be stressful and provoke
abuse. Also spouse may feel more comfortable abusing after a year.
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Results
Bivariate Table 1
Respondent's Length of Relationship
by Number of time abused in the last year
Response 3 years or less 4-15years 15 years and over
Yes 118 110 269
No 41 43 124
Multivariate Table 1
Length of Relationship by amount of times abused in the
last year by Race
Other (Race)
Response 3 years or less 4-15years 15 years and over
Yes 10 26 80
No 10 10 43
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Discussion
When looking at the variables as they relate to one another, it is simple to see
that there is a direct correlation between length of relationship and number of
times abused in the last year. These results show that women in longer
relationships show that there are a number of factors that may be include d in
the amount of abused that comes out of those relationships. Thought here are
a number of issues that may develop over 15 years, techniques should be used
to stop this type of behavior. The result of this analysis shows that individuals
with longer relationships resort to physical abuse as an option for dealing
with their partner. Though this is not acceptable this study could be analyzed
and used to help abusive individuals.
Next, the study confirmed that there were not many individuals that were
analyzed in the multivariate study, that were abused in the last year. Without
categorizing race, the people that were most accounted for were black and
white women. The results show that those who were under category 3,which
included Hispanic, Asian, and all other races, were less likely to have these
same effects. This information is interesting and shows that the problem of
length of relationship and the amount of times abused in ends up being a
problem for black and white women.
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Discussion continued
This study may open ones eyes to the way in which individuals handle their
anger. Though physical abuse should not be an option, we see that Black and
White women are faced with this cruel reality more than any other races
represented in this study. The way that the study was created show that there
are many differences among individuals. These differences among us can
sometimes affect our futures and the safety that were may receive by being
involved in a relationship.
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APPENDIX
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Syntax Files
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Output Files
Bivariate Crosstabs
Multivariate Crosstabs