ATCH 2090

Assignment 11-2 – Actual Research Hypothesis

Name:Keith LeBlanc kl953314

  1. Indicate the name of the article, authors, date of the article, and which journal in which it was published. Make sure someone else has enough information to find it.
  • TIEBOUT SORTING AND SELECTIVE SATISFACTION WITH URBAN PUBLIC SERVICES
  • C. Kelleher and D. Lowery
  • January 2002
  • Urban Affairs Review
  1. What is the scenario that being researched?
  1. Determine which two variables are involved in the research. NOTE: there may be more than two variables, but you only have to list the most important two.
  • Variable 1: Citizen levels of satisfaction with typical services delivered in a survey of selected communities
  • Variable 2: Differences in combined mean levels of services satisfaction between residents in fragmented and consolidated jurisdictions
  1. Determine the Cause and Effect of the hypothesis. (No submission required for this step.)
  1. What is their Research Statement? You may cut and paste if you so desire.

Study purpose is to test the Tiebout theory regarding less variance in citizen satisfaction with public services in fragmented (individual home rule) than in consolidated government jurisdictions.

  1. What is their Null Hypothesis? (in words)

Citizen satisfaction with public services in fragmented (i.e. smaller, home rule) government jurisdictions is less variable than the comparable satisfaction levels of citizens residing in consolidated (larger, one jurisdiction) government jurisdictions.

  1. What is the Research (Alternative) Hypothesis for the two-variables you listed?

Citizen satisfaction with similar services delivered within fragmented government jurisdictions is more variedthan citizen satisfaction with those services in consolidated jurisdictions.

  1. Indicate whether this is a one-tailed or two-tailed test.

Two-tailed test. Not directional.