extended research, should police officers in the UK be armed? by Eden Howe https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9 en-us 2017-12-19 14:20:13 UTC 2018-06-27 14:19:04 UTC hello@padlet.com hypothesis edenmay_howe https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/217248262 my hypothesis is whether police should be armed in the UK? or if they shouldn't be armed in the UK?]]> 2017-12-19 14:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/217248262 rational edenmay_howe https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/217248380 why have you chosen the research there?
recently there has been a large number of terror attacks in the UK. if our police service were all armed then people who are following through with these terror attacks would feel threatened to do so as they would know our police officers are armed at all times. the west minister bridge terror attack could have been stopped before it got as bad as it was by using fire arms. 
In 2017 a total of 127 people were killed in UK terror attacks the number of lives lost due to that could have been smaller if people felt threatened by the police.]]> 2017-12-19 14:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/217248380 literature review edenmay_howe https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/217248450 55% of the police officer want to be fire arms trained and carry fire arms.]]> 2017-12-19 14:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/217248450 methodology edenmay_howe https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/217252527
Quatitative data are anything that can be expressed as a number, or quantified. Examples of quantitative data are scores on achievement tests ,number of hours of study, or weight of a subject. These data may be represented by ordinal, interval or ratio scales and lend themselves to most statistical manipulation.
Qualitative data cannot be expressed as a number. Data that represent nominal scales such as gender, social economic status, religious preference are usually considered to be qualitative data. (Web.cortland.edu, 2018)
I will be using both types on data as that would give me the most accurate answers to my question.
I am using a questionnaire to collect my data, please see objective section for further information on the advantages and disadvantages of this.
I am using a non-random convenience sample. 
Non-random sampling is a sampling technique where the samples are gathered in a process that does not give all the individuals in the population equal chances of being selected.(Explorable.com, 2018)
My sample to collect the data is my college colleges opinion on whether or not they feel like our police officers should be armed or not. there is a group of 6 girls and 5 boys.
     Ethics-
the questionnaire is confidential and anonymous and the data will be kept for three years.
  Validity-     
"In its purest sense, this refers to how well a scientific test or piece of research actually measures what it sets out to, or how well it reflects the reality it claims to represent."https://www.aqr.org.uk/glossary/validity 
need to make sure that my  questionnaire is valid to my question and allows me to answer main question.

  Reliability - 
"The repeatability of a particular set of research findings; that is, how accurately they would be replicated in a second identical piece of research."

 



]]> 2017-12-19 14:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/217252527 aim edenmay_howe https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/219717655 the aim of my current investigation is to see whether police officer should be trained and allowed to carry fire arms at all times.
objectives,
there are multiple steps to achieve my research aim. at first to conduct my research I will need to choose a suitable research tool. my research tool will be a online questionnaire, the advantages of this will be that my data is easily collected and added up electronically so it is easier for me. online questionnaires are very cheap and run for free or at a minimal cost. Additionally online questionnaires have a high response rate as they don't have a time limit on and they can think about the answers in there own time, which can insure they aren't rushing the survey. the disadvantages can include that if the interviewer doesn't have access to the internet they are unable to proceed with doing the questionnaire so they will be left out the results. Also an online survey is not suitable for a survey that ask open-ended questions as there isn't any body to look over the answers. (exploreable.com 16/01/2018). To conduct research I have to do secondary and primary research to make sure I am researching my topic well. Primary research is gathering new data that has not been collected before. for example surveys or questionnaires.  secondary,  existing data that has already been produced. For example, researching the internet, newspapers 
 
(Bbc.co.uk, 2018)

]]> 2018-01-09 13:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/219717655 results and discussion edenmay_howe https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/219717731 my results will be shown in graphs and tabular form. the results will then be analysed and then put into a conclusion]]> 2018-01-09 13:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/219717731 literature review edenmay_howe https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/221670328 some people argue the fact with the police job is to protect the public so how can you do that if you cant protect yourself. on the other hand a lot of people say that they feel severely scared and uneasy apon seeing a officer armed with fire armed. this article give a huge comparison of the for and against parties in the debate.
         
When I said they were trained to get behind a wall and call for back-up, he replied: " you train the police to do exactly what the public would do"
]]> 2018-01-16 12:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/221670328 References edenmay_howe https://padlet.com/edenmay_howe/46re5h3ebea9/wish/221725774 https://explorable.com/online-surveys
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/should-police-armed-arguments-against-9593864
       
Web.cortland.edu
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/22/one-in-three-uk-officers-want-all-police-to-carry-guns-survey-finds
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/after-london-terror-attack-should-10087838
           
https://www.aqr.org.uk/glossary/validity
            
(Bbc.co.uk, 2018)
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