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Research on the Opinions of Students of Police Academies in Prague and Bratislava on the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and Related Issues
PhDr. Jan Paďourek, Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague, Department of International Cooperation
Mgr. Josef Dubský, Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague, Faculty of Security Management, Associate dean for studies
Dr. Zdeněk Kovařík, CSc., Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague, contracter
doc. Ing. Jaromír Mlýnek, CSc., Police Academy in Bratislava, Department of Science and Scientific Projects
The article contains an approach to empirical research and analyzes its results in a sample of university students of security specialization Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague and Academy of Police Force in Bratislava, focused on finding out their views on selected issues of international political situation (especially Russia‘s war against Ukraine) and their views to the future. The sample consisted of 301 university students. Empirical research, among other things, precisely verified the set research assumption about zero materially significant influence of two groups of university students on their answers in the questionnaire survey. Two asymmetric association coefficients – the β coefficient and the Goodman-Kruskalov tau – were used to assess materially significant effects. The article analyzes the achieved results and tries to interpret the identified materially significant effects.
Keywords: asymmetric coefficient of nominal association – Goodman-Kruskalov tau, asymmetric coefficient of ordinal association coefficient β, materially significant association – materially significant effect, empirical research, Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague, Police Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava, Russia, Ukraine, war.