6. Let's continue our analysis of offenders and victims of violent crime. In the following table, U.S. Department of Justice 2011 data for the sex of offenders and the sex of victims are reported. Sex of Offender Sex of Victim Male Female Male 3,760 450 Female 1,590 140 Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Expanded Homicide Data, Table 6, 2011.

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a. Treating sex of offender as the independent variable, how many errors of prediction
will be made if the independent variable is ignored?
b. How many fewer errors will be made if the independent variable is taken into
account?
Combine
your answers in (a) and (b) to calculate lambda. Discuss the relationship
C.
between these two variables.
d. Which lambda is stronger, the one for sex of offenders/victims or race of offenders/
victims (Exercise 5)?
Transcribed Image Text:a. Treating sex of offender as the independent variable, how many errors of prediction will be made if the independent variable is ignored? b. How many fewer errors will be made if the independent variable is taken into account? Combine your answers in (a) and (b) to calculate lambda. Discuss the relationship C. between these two variables. d. Which lambda is stronger, the one for sex of offenders/victims or race of offenders/ victims (Exercise 5)?
C6. Let's continue our analysis of offenders and victims of violent crime. In the following
table, U.S. Department of Justice 2011 data for the sex of offenders and the sex of
victims are reported.
Sex of Offender
Sex of Victim
Male
Female
Male
3,760
450
Female
1,590
140
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Expanded Homicide Data, Table 6, 2011.
Transcribed Image Text:C6. Let's continue our analysis of offenders and victims of violent crime. In the following table, U.S. Department of Justice 2011 data for the sex of offenders and the sex of victims are reported. Sex of Offender Sex of Victim Male Female Male 3,760 450 Female 1,590 140 Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Expanded Homicide Data, Table 6, 2011.
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