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Running Head: 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Project 4

2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Marvin Merriweather

Social Work 300

Tuskegee University

November 02, 2010

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Abstract

In this paper I will analyze three variables from the data table from the data Risk Behavior
Survey. My variables consisted of sex as my independent variable, the number of first times the
respondent fought in the notated year as my dependents, and my control variable being grade
level of the individual. My Bivariate hypothesis looks closely at the relationship of how the sex
of the respondent affects the amount of times the respondent fought in that year. My multivariate
hypothesis will look at the sex the respondents who fought by grade level.
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Hypothesis:

In my bivariate analysis I will look at the correlation between how the sex of the

respondent affects the amount of times the respondent fought in 2001. The independent variable

in the bivariate analysis will be sex of the respondents while my dependent variable will be the

number of times the respondents fought on campus in the year 2001. The control variable will

be the grade levels of the respondents ranging from 9th to the 12th grade.

The multivariate hypothesis that will be analyzed will look at wether the number of

individuals who fought on campus by sex will change due to the different grade level of the

respondent. It will break down the data into categories of male and female respondents as

correlated from grades 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th in the year 2001.

Rationale:

In my bivariate hypothesis, the sex of the respondents correlates with the number of fight

that the respondent had on campus in the 2001 school year. I think that the number of males will

exceed the number of females whom fought on campus in the year 2001 because of the fact that

males tend to be more aggressive in high school levels and feel they have something to prove to

their peers.

Secondly, in my multivariate hypothesis I intend to analyze the correlation of the sex of

the students whom fought on campus in the year 2001 by grade level with the sex broken down

into male and female while the grade levels are broken down into 9th, 10th 11th, and 12th grade

students. I firmly believe that if the demographics of geography as well as race where taken into

account the results would help clarify some other issues.

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Table 1

Number of times in a fight on school property in the past 12 months by sex

Sex of R’s

Sex 1-3 Times 4-7 Times 8-11 Times Total

Females 52.0 21.6 21.3 51.4

Males 48.0 78.4 78.8 48.6

Source: 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Table

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Table 2

Number of times in a fight on school property in the past 12 months by Sex

Grade level of Grade R’s

9th to 10th Grade

Sex 1-3 Times 4-7 Times 8-11 Times Total

Females 53.7 22.7 16.7 53.0

Males 46.3 77.3 88.3 47.0

Total 97.9 1.5 .6 100.0

11th to 12th Grade

Females 54.0 20.5 14.3 49.0

Males 43.2 72.2 83.2 51.0

Total 97.5 1.7 .8 100.0

Source: 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Table

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Discussion

In my first analysis in the above table one I analyzed a bivariate hypothesis which stated

that the relationship of how the sex of the respondent effects the amount of times the respondent

fought in that year in the youth risk behavior survey data. If we refer to table one, we can see

that the sex of the respondents that were analyzed consisted of male and female respondents.

Looking at the data we can see that the number of females and males whom fought on school

grounds between one to three times in 2001, are closely related, with males having a total of

48.0% of total respondents while females had a total 52.0%. Males increased with the number of

incidents of four to seven fights and eight to eleven fights in a year both with 78% of total

respondents, while females decreased to 21% in both cases.

In my multivariate table I looked at the correlation of the sex of the students whom

fought on campus in the year 2001 by grade level, with the sex broken down into male and

female while the grade levels are broken down into 9th, 10th 11th, and 12th grade students. It is

clear to see that that as both males and females fought less as they got to a higher grade, with

43.2% of males in 11th to 12th grade fighting less. This could be due to the level of maturity had

increased amongst the males. Females from grades 11th through 12th also had a significant

decrease with 54%.

Given all information analyzed in my multivariate and bivariate hypothesis it can clearly

be stated that males in high school tend to be more aggressive than their female peers. I think

that it can also be assumed that if other demographics were taken into account such race as well

as geographic location of the school we can assume that certain races maybe more aggressive

due to the type of environment surrounding them. I am a firm believer in a zero tolerance policy
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and school systems implement this that could help eliminate the number of cases that result in

fighting on school grounds.

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References

2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Table

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Appendix

Output
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Syntax
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Code book
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