Explain the Concept of Differential Response to Calls for Service

question 58

Essay

Explain the concept of differential response to calls for service and how it can benefit police departments.

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Definitions:

Predictors

Variables or factors that are used in statistical models to forecast or estimate the values of a response variable based on their known values.

Response Variable

The outcome of interest in a study or experiment, which is affected by the explanatory variables.

R-Squared Value

A numerical value indicating how much of the variability in a dependent variable can be accounted for by an independent variable(s) within a regression analysis framework.

Observed Variation

The variance noticed in data due to different factors that distinguish one piece of data from another.