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According to Your Textbook, How Might a Speaker Clarify the Statistics

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According to your textbook, how might a speaker clarify the statistics in the following speech excerpt?
Recent statistics from the FBI show that the number omurders is declining in some major cities. In Chicago, for example, between 2003 and 2013, the number dropped from 601 to 412. In New York, the number fell from 597 to 333. And in Los Angeles, it dipped from 515 to 246.


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Relating to society or its organization, or the interactions and relationships between individuals within a community.

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The societal, environmental, historical, and cultural factors that influence an individual's behaviors, beliefs, and values.

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An ethnic group native to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and South Africa, known for their rich cultural traditions and history.

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