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Youth Homelessness Project

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Youth Homelessness Project

Major Strategies of summarizing and categorizing information include

Sampling and Estimation. Sampling involves the selection of samples from specific

points within the sampling space so that the selected groups can be used to represent

the entire data or the whole population. This method summarizes given information

and is easier to use and does not consume much time. However, the accuracy of the

outcome in this method is low. For the case of estimation, a population can only be

assumed to give specific results without ascertaining and caring much about its

accuracy (Schwan et al.,2018). This method is easy and does not require any complex

skills but only observation. However, it is disadvantageous in that there is no accuracy

at all, as it only involves guessing.

The project here is to determine the causes of youth homelessness in New

York. In that case, the qualitative data is to carry out questionnaires to gain the views

that most homeless individuals selected can have about what made them homeless.

That is a qualitative analysis that is only carried out to a specific sample representing

the entire number of homeless individuals across the city of New York (Schwan et

al.,2018). It is their conceptual views about why they are lost. Qualitative data will

involve the kind of distinction in number or quantity of how many of them had the

same thoughts. In that case, it will include categorizing them based on their exact

number or in the form of a percentage (Fraser et al.,2019).

Based on the above choice of the project, sampling is the best technique

used to summarize their views. That is because New York City is among the largest

cities in the US. Therefore, sampling of homeless individuals is the best choice where

their answers would be used to represent the entire population of all the homeless
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youths. This method best shows how it aligns with the nature of the project to be

carried out (Schwan et al.,2018).

Based on the 2013 statistics carried out in New York, it was found out that

34 percent of the youths were homeless because of physical, mental, or sexual abuse;

another sample of individuals which represented 34 percent of homeless individuals,

cited the fights that they face with their parents at home, 31 percent gave the response

that they were just being kicked out. Finally, 26 percent responded that the parents

could not meet the basic needs that they deserve for survival. Such evidence shows

that a sample was used for analysis, and their responses based on their numbers had

the above percentage results (Robinson, 2018).

The above percentages give a clue about what affects most New York

youths and the possible measures that should be taken to contain the situation (Morton

et al.,2018). Where should more focus be put to reduce such incidences?

The use of charts like bar graphs or pie charts can greatly suit the

presentation of the above information for ease of visualizations and to gain the

difference about various causes of harmlessness in New York.

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References

Robinson, B. A. (2018). Child welfare systems and LGBTQ youth homelessness:

Gender segregation, instability, and intersectionality. Child Welfare, 96(2),

29-45.

O'Grady, B., Kidd, S., & Gaetz, S. (2020). Youth homelessness and self-identity: a

view from Canada. Journal of Youth Studies, 23(4), 499-510.

Morton, M. H., Dworsky, A., Matjasko, J. L., Curry, S. R., Schlueter, D., Chávez, R.,

& Farrell, A. F. (2018). Prevalence and correlates of youth homelessness in

the United States. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(1), 14-21.

Schwan, K., French, D., Gaetz, S., Ward, A., Akerman, J., Redman, M., & Stirling, T.

(2018). Preventing youth homelessness: An international review of

evidence.

Fraser, B., Pierse, N., Chisholm, E., & Cook, H. (2019). LGBTIQ+ homelessness: A

review of the literature. International journal of environmental research

and public health, 16(15), 2677.