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question 52

Multiple Choice

A study in the Los Angeles Times reported that the number of liquor stores in a neighborhood has a strong positive linear association with the amount of crime in that neighborhood. What can you determine about the relationship between the number of liquor stores and the amount of crime?

• A)No conclusions can be drawn without seeing a scatterplot of the data.
• B)People who live in neighborhoods with more liquor stores commit more crimes.
• C)Neighborhoods with a higher number of liquor stores tend to have a higher amount of crimes.
• D)If we decrease the number of liquor stores in a neighborhood, the amount of crimes will decrease.

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