In this analysis, we will:
- Analyze the Distribution of Threat Levels: Understand how different threat levels are distributed in the dataset.
- Examine the Relationship between Threat Level and Other Variables: Investigate how threat levels relate to other variables such as race, age, and signs of mental illness.
First part of the analysis: Analyzing the Distribution of Threat Levels.
The bar chart above shows the distribution of threat levels in fatal police shootings.
Observations:
- The majority of incidents are categorized under the “attack” threat level, indicating situations where the police perceived an active threat.
- The “other” threat level category includes a significant number of incidents, suggesting situations that may not have involved a direct attack but still resulted in a fatal shooting.
- The “undetermined” category has the least number of incidents.
Next, we examine the relationship between threat level and other variables. We will start by investigating how threat levels relate to race, age, and signs of mental illness.
Let’s start with the relationship between Threat Level and Race. We will create a cross-tabulation and visualize it to understand this relationship better.
The heatmap above visualizes the relationship between threat level and race in fatal police shootings, with values representing the percentage distribution of races within each threat level category.
Observations:
- Across all threat level categories, White (W) and Black (B) individuals constitute the majority of cases.
- The distribution of races appears to be relatively consistent across different threat levels.
- There is a slight increase in the percentage of White individuals in the “undetermined” category, which might indicate cases where the circumstances were less clear.