Let's assume that a study was being done on the relationship between spanking children and violent behaviors later in life. To accomplish this, a team of researchers interviewed 100 prison inmates that were serving sentences for having committed some sort of violent crime. After collecting data from each of the inmates, it was concluded that 98% of this particular group of violent crime offenders had been spanked regularly as children. Furthermore, the researchers made the claim that this was evidence that being spanked as a child has a good chance of leading to being violent as an adult.

1.) Using this unit's content, do you agree or disagree with the assumption made by the researchers?

2.) Explain your answer to #1.

3.) If you answered no to #1, how could this study be restructured to support the researcher's claim more reasonably?

4.) What is the independent variable in the study?

5.) What is the dependent variable?

6.) What type of statistical analysis would be used to assess the relationship between spanking and violent crime?