The linear correlation between violent crime rate and percen

The linear correlation between violent crime rate and percentage of the population that has a cell phone is 0.918 for years since 1995. Do you believe that increasing the percentage of the population that has a cell phone will decrease the violent crime rate? What might be a lurking variable between percentage of the population with a cell phone and violent crime rate? Will increasing the percentage of the population that has a cell phone decrease the violent crime rate? Choose the best option below. What might be a lurking variable between percentage of the population with a cell phone and violent crime rate?

Solution

WILL INCREASING THE % OF POPULATION THAT HAS A CELL PHONE DECREASE THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE

* NO

WHAT MIGHT BE A LURKING VARIABLE BETWEEN % OF POPULATION WITH A CELL PHONE AND VIOLENT CRIME RATE

* THE POLICE