over the past 50 years, there has been a fairly strong positive linear relations
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over the past 50 years, there has been a fairly strong positive linear relationship between a particular city's crime rate and the number of churches. What conclusion can be made from this?
The population increase for the city over the past 50 years is a lurking variable that could influence both the crime rate and number of churches to increase.
For the past 50 years the churches in this city have caused crime to increase.
increasing the number of churches in the city has caused the crime rate to go up.
the crime rate in this study is a lurking variable that is influencing the number of churches in the particular city.
Explanation / Answer
We conclude that increasing the number of churches donot affect the crime rate. During this period, the population is also increase. Therefore, it is not surprising that both city's crime rate and the number of churches is increased. The strong positive linear relationship between a particular city's crime rate and the number of churches is due to lurking variable of population increase.
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