PSY 260 QUESTION

Scenario

For this project, you will be creating a data brief. Developing the data brief will challenge you to not only interpret data correctly, but then communicate your findings to a mixed audience made up of members of the scientific community and the general public. Telling a persuasive and accurate story from statistical findings is an important skill to add to your data literacy toolbox.

Note: You do not need to perform any additional analyses or calculations. You only need to interpret and report the analyses that have been completed and create graphics as visual supplements for your data brief.

Imagine you work as a research assistant in Washington, DC, at the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice is interested in issues related to race, discrimination, and policing. Your team has been given data and output from chi-square tests, and you are tasked with communicating the findings and possible implications directly to police departments. However, all the work you do is public and thus available to the media and community members, as well as to nonprofit organizations. As you weave together the story of this data, keep in mind that it will need to be written for multiple audiences and tell an accurate and persuasive story.

My Topic

I decided to choose the topic "Police Striking Adults" because it is now a hot button issue. I have firsthand experience with police physically attacking a person of color as opposed to a non-person of color. Because of this, I'd like to investigate whether there is any existing data to back this up.

QUESTION:

Describe the key findings from your interpretation of the data for a general audience. Your response should be about five sentences or a bit longer. Include the following in your response: Easy-to-understand statistical values (e.g., percentages)

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