In an provided outline format. Write about the topic Juvenile Delinquency/Juvenile offenders
I.Statement of Research Topic
In a short paragraph, describe a topic you wish to research and explain why it is important to study.
II.Theoretical Proposition(s)
State your main theoretical proposition using general, abstract law-like statements. You may have more than one if needed.
III.Term Definition(s)
Define the important terms in your theoretical proposition. The decision about which terms to define should be based on the question of whether or not a lay person would likely or unlikely know the definition.
IV.Hypothesis (or Hypotheses if you have multiple)
State a specific hypothesis (i.e., a specific instance of your more general proposition).
Your hypothesis:
1.Needs to be phrased as a declarative statement, do not phrase it in the form of a question
2.Should only be one sentence
3.Needs to include a clear comparison between at least two groups (i.e., levels of your independent variable)
4.If what you wish to research is too complex to fit into one hypothesis, construct as many hypotheses as necessary. Multiple hypotheses should be denoted by: H1, H2, H3 and so on.
V.Variables
1.You will need to come up with a minimum of one independent variable (IV), two background variables (BV), and one dependent variable (DV).
2.Your IV needs to be categorical in nature, with at least two levels (groups) for comparison.
3.Your background variables may be continuous or categorical (see