Application: Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of central tendency may be familiar to you from
prior math classes you have taken. Consider the summary of these terms below:

· 
The mean is the average of all numbers in a set of
data.

· 
The mode is the number in a dataset that most
frequently occurs.

· 
The median is the number that falls in the middle of
the numbers in a given set when those numbers are placed in rank order.

· 
The standard deviation tells how far the numbers in a
given data set deviate from the mean of that set. In other words, it tells whether
the numbers in the dataset are generally close together or far apart.

These measures are simple but extremely valuable for all
social scientists, including criminal justice researchers. They are summary
statistics, which provide useful information about the study sample and allow
researchers to compare multiple data sets.

For this Application Assignment, use the following statistics:

The total population of the Battawba metropolitan area was 5,604,383 persons in
2011. For that year, the following burglary rates were reported in the
localities within this metropolitan area:

Area	Number of Burglaries Reported
City of Battawba	2,563
City of Wineburg	734
City of Lakeville	301
City of Drake	1,482
City of Valmer	231
City of Chase Abbey	857
City of Southmetro	644
City of Collington	1026
City of Williamson	644
City of New Batten	159

The assignment (2 pages):

· 
Calculate the mean, median, mode, and standard
deviation for the burglary statistics provided on the metropolitan area of
Battawba.

· 
Explain your interpretation of the measures of
central tendency and standard deviation for burglary rates in the Battawba metropolitan
area (i.e., what they can tell you about who is committing crime and where it
is being committed).

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to
all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for
all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

AT Least THREE REFERENCES

It is important that you cover all the topics identified in the
assignment. Covering the topic does not mean mentioning the topic BUT
presenting an explanation from the context of ethics and the readings for this
class

To get maximum points you need to follow the requirements listed for
this assignments 1) look at the page limits 2) review and follow APA rules
3) create subheadings to identify the key sections you are presenting and
4) Free from typographical and sentence construction errors.