Designing a research study

Design a research study
Aprilville, a small town outside Bigcity, plans to implement a Neighborhood Watch program. The town mayor
has asked you to find out if the program, once implemented, will have any effect on the town’s crime rate.
Design a research study to answer this question:

  1. Formulate one or more hypotheses and operationalize the concepts.
  2. Choose a research design from those discussed in the chapter and explain why you selected this design.
  3. Select a data-gathering strategy and explain why you chose this technique
    Refer to chapter 2
    Link for textbook: http://libgen.li/ (Library Genesis)
    Frank Schmalleger
    Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction [8th ed.]
    0134146387, 9780134146386

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