Regression Analysis Of The Effect Of Education On Crime Tendency In Abia State: A Case Study Of Abia State Prisons
ABSTRACT
This work is
aimed at investigating the relationship between educational status and the
tendency to commit crime by an individual in Abia State. The data used in this
study urc oblc1incd from the records of Abia state prisons. The educational
status or the inmates were assessed through their statistical records.
Regression analysis was cn1ploycd as a statistical technique to estimate the
relationship between educational status and the tendency to co1111nil critnc.
Clli-squ;1rc I.est or independence was also used l.o test the hypothesis ol no
linear association between educational status and cri1T1e. 'The result of the
analysis revealed that as educational qualification increases,the tendency of
an individual to indulge in c1-ime reduces. Thus education has positive effect
on crime tendency. 1-lc.:11cc we conclude that education is one of Lhc major
tools t.llat could be adopted lo fight or reduce the tendency or an individual
to commit crime.
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OHIA, O (2022). Regression Analysis Of The Effect Of Education On Crime Tendency In Abia State: A Case Study Of Abia State Prisons. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 17, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/regression-analysis-of-the-effect-of-education-on-crime-tendency-in-abia-state-a-case-study-of-abia-state-prisons-7-2
ODIGONMA, OHIA. "Regression Analysis Of The Effect Of Education On Crime Tendency In Abia State: A Case Study Of Abia State Prisons" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 22 Nov. 2022, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/regression-analysis-of-the-effect-of-education-on-crime-tendency-in-abia-state-a-case-study-of-abia-state-prisons-7-2. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
ODIGONMA, OHIA. "Regression Analysis Of The Effect Of Education On Crime Tendency In Abia State: A Case Study Of Abia State Prisons". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 22 Nov. 2022. Web. 17 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/regression-analysis-of-the-effect-of-education-on-crime-tendency-in-abia-state-a-case-study-of-abia-state-prisons-7-2 >.
ODIGONMA, OHIA. "Regression Analysis Of The Effect Of Education On Crime Tendency In Abia State: A Case Study Of Abia State Prisons" Mouau.afribary.org (2022). Accessed 17 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/regression-analysis-of-the-effect-of-education-on-crime-tendency-in-abia-state-a-case-study-of-abia-state-prisons-7-2