What Did Sprott and Cesaroni's Study Find to Be the Most

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Multiple Choice

What did Sprott and Cesaroni's study find to be the most important predictor of the reduction in the homicide rate between 1974 and 1999?

• A)changes in neighbourhood conditions
• B)changes in the employment rate
• C)changes in the age composition in the population
• D)changes in the level of education

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Definitions:

Relative Frequency Distribution

A relative frequency distribution is a type of frequency distribution that shows the proportion or percentage of observations within each category or interval.

Histogram Form

A graphical representation showing a visual impression of the distribution of data, using bars of different heights.

Frequency Histogram

A graphical representation of data that shows the number of observations within specified intervals.

Relative Frequency Histogram

A type of histogram that displays the relative frequencies, which are the proportions or percentages, of data points in consecutive intervals.