The Number of Reported Offenses of Violent Crime in the U.S

question 75

Short Answer

The number of reported offenses of violent crime in the U.S. between 1983 and 1996 is given in the following table.
A. Find the average rate of change between 1983 and 1992 (to the nearest integer).
B. Find the average rate of change between 1992 and 1996 (to the nearest integer).

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Definitions:

Sample Data

Data collected or selected from a larger population, used in statistical analysis to make inferences about the population.

Variance

A statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a dataset, indicating how much they differ from the mean of the set.

Population

The entire group of individuals or instances about whom we wish to make conclusions in a statistical study.

Standard Deviation

A statistical index that signifies the distribution of data points around the mean of a dataset.