Is crime rate somehow associated with age? An investigator collected the following data from five sample groups to see the relationship between the two variables:
Average age in year (X)
70
56
35
28
14
Average crime rate (%) (Y)
28
42
35
42
48
Determine the regression line of crime rate on age and interpret it?
Estimate the % of crime rate for groups of individuals having average age 40.
Determine the coefficient of correlation and interpret it.
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Vulnerability to violent crime victimization varies across the age spectrum. The victimization rate increases through the teenage years, crests at around age 20, and steadily decreases through the re- maining years. ... Crime rates for individuals age 18 to 21 were 17 times higher than for persons age 65 or older.
Explanations for Patterns of Crime: Age
The more young people are closely policed, the more any involvement in crime is picked-up. * Young people have less status in our society which may lead the police to police their behaviour more closely / heavily.
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