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Start with abroad question
Does where you grow upinfluence your views
of the criminal justice system?
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Conceptualizing theIndependent variable
"where you grow up" =environment
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Dimension of environment:Region of U.S.
Attributes:West Coast, Northeast, South,
Southeast, Midwest
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Dimension of environment:Type of community
Attributes:Rural, Suburban, Urban
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Operationalizing
Indicators for region:State of residence, assigned to
regions (see attributes)
Indicators of community type:zip code, assigned to type (see
attributes)
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Conceptualizing theDependent variable
"views of criminal justice system" =support for death penalty
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Dimension of support:civic participation
Attributes:Voting in favor or against
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Dimension of support:opinions
Attributes:Always support, in some cases,
in rare cases, always against
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Operationalizing
Indicators for civic participation:Individual's voting record on
proposition banning death penalty
Indicators of opinions:Ordinal scale 0 to 4(0=always opposed,4=always in favor)
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Now you are ready to re-state your broad question
How does the environment in which an individual lives
impact views on the death penalty?
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What are some problemsor limits of my variables?