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Question 1

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Aim

Answer 1

To identify any correlates between a culture of honour, students bringing weapons to school and school violence.

Question 2

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Procedure

Answer 2

• Study 1: weapons and culture of honour
  
  • Used data collected by the Youth Risk Behaviour Surveillance System in the US (an ongoing large-scale
    survey that is representative snapshot of participating states)
  • Only 42 states were available for analysis
  • State-level demographics will also included
  • Used Cohen’s designation of culture of honour states
• Study 2: School shooting and culture of honour
  
  • Used database of school shootings from 1988 to 2008
    
    • Limited to shootings that were not connected to another crime (ie. Robbery) or criminals who
      just happened to be school property
  • Used Cohen’s designation of culture of honour states

Question 3

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Findings

Answer 3

• Study 1: Higher mean percentage of students reported bringing a weapon to school at least once in the past
  month in culture of honour states (7.0%) vs non-culture of honour states (5.6%) statistically significant
  difference)
• Study 2: 75% of shootings took place in culture of honour states
• Supports the hypothesis that culture (more specifically a culture of honour”) is correlated with aggression (or potential aggression

Question 4

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Limitations

Answer 4

• Many other variables may influence the findings
  (culture of honour states are typically hotter,
  more rural and poorer)
• Difficult to determine causation
• Study 2 did not rely on self-reported data

Question 5

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Ethical Considerations

Answer 5

• Confidentiality

Question 6

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Research Method

Answer 6

• correlational research