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1. Please read the attached articles. Manuscript: Donald Rebovich and Leslie Corbo 2021. “The Distillation of National Crime Data into A Plan for Elderly Fraud Prevention: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of U.S. Postal Inspection Service Cases of Fraud against the Elderly” Victims & Offenders, Vol. 16(3): 407–430. It is also available in Lamar Online Journal database. 2. Please make adequate appreciation and critique of the research design presented in the paper. a. Overall what are the strengths and weaknesses of this study if you judge the study by its ability to examine/answer the research questions (topic). You should demonstrate your understanding of this research and its contributions to our field. 10 points The general process of evaluating this part could flow as the following: Ideas -> theories -> hypotheses -> results -> conclusion (support/deny the hypotheses) b. Please describe the RESEARCH DESIGN of this study in details. You should describe their (potential) reasons/justifications of adopting those designs. 10 points c. With regards to the sampling, what do you think of the sampling methods and samples used in the study? Do you have better ideas? And what kinds of resources you may need to implement your sampling design? Your ideas need to be something workable instead of being ideal but impossible to execute. If you have exactly ten thousand dollars more in budgets than the journal researcher(s) for the job of sampling and/or (specific) samples, what would you do to improve your research design? 10 points d. Do you find the research results trustworthy? Please explain and justify your verdicts. Are the authors’ interpretations based on correct research design and analytical strategy? Are the restrictions and limitations discussed in the “Discussion” sections resolvable? Please explain. 10 points 3. Now, you are granted by the National Institute of Health for an extension of the abovementioned study to be conducted in the next year. The NIH is interested in the difference types of fraud are more prevalent among diverse demographic backgrounds. What demographic variables might be important to be included for the NIH’s interests? You may do some literature review to find and support your answer. a. How will you compose your research design to achieve these goals (make sure you are going to justify your choices) the NIH sets for you? 10 points b. Should you considerate the generalization issue in your research design? If you do, please explain how will you do it and justify your choices of the design. If you do not, explain why? 5 points 4. The length of this assignment could range from 3 to 6 pages (double-spaced, 12-point New Roman font, 1 inches in all margins, APA format. Longer research review is NOT necessarily better. a. Overall quality of writing and organization. 15 points