¶ … Viability of Community Sports Programs
There has been raging debate on whether or not sports projects are wise municipal investments. Experts have raised concern that although such programs may appear very attractive at face value, they end up delivering very little returns in the long-term owing to the incremental nature of the associated hidden costs. This has prompted researchers to shift from studying the benefits of community sport projects as tools of investment to analyzing how the benefits of such investment compare with the costs. The research questions below have been derived from multiple studies seeking to establish the economic impact of community sporting programs on the overall economy by comparing the real costs and benefits of the same.
RQ1: Do sporting projects help in tackling the problem of youth crimes?
In this case, we can define sports projects, the independent variable, in terms of the proportion of the budget set aside for sporting activities by a municipality, city, or state. Youth crimes, the dependent variable, on the other hand, can be defined in terms of the proportion of criminal activities in a city or state committed by persons under the age of 35. Both variables are quantitative, continuous, interval variables (Black, 2011). For instance, we can measure the budgetary allocation to sporting activities using such values as -- less than 1/4 of the total budget, between 1/4 and 1/2, between 1/2 and ae, and more than ae. Moreover, we could measure the level of youth crime in terms of 'less than 1/4 of the total criminal cases reported', 'between 1/4 and 1/2 of total criminal cases' and so on.
RQ2: Do sporting activities have an impact on society's welfare?
Engagement in sporting activities is the...
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