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Missouri Death Penalty Charges by Race of Defendant and Race of Victim, 1978-1996. Crosstabs to Multivariate Regression. Research Question. What causes a capital defendant to get the death sentence?. Theory. Death sentence is caused by race of defendant
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Missouri Death Penalty Charges by Race of Defendant and Race of Victim, 1978-1996 Crosstabs to Multivariate Regression
Research Question • What causes a capital defendant to get the death sentence?
Theory • Death sentence is caused by race of defendant • Death sentence is caused by race of victim
Death sentence Model + Race of Defendant + - Race of Victim
Correlation syntax • corr death racedef racevic.
Regression syntax • regr vars = death racedef /depe = death/enter.
Histogram syntax • sort cases by racevic. • split file by racevic. • GRAPH /BAR(GROUPED)=PCT BY death BY racedef .
Histograms White Victim Black Victim Race Defendant 100 100 White Black 80 80 60 60 40 40 20 20 0 0 Not death death Not death death death death