A study in the Los Angeles Times reported that the number of liquor stores in a neighborhood has a strong positive linear association with the amount of crime in that neighborhood. What can you determine about the relationship between the number of liquor stores and the amount of crime?

a. Neighborhoods with a higher number of liquor stores tend to have a higher amount of crimes.
b. No conclusions can be drawn without seeing a scatterplot of the data.
c. People who live in neighborhoods with more liquor stores commit more crimes.
d. If we decrease the number of liquor stores in a neighborhood, the amount of crimes will decrease.

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Answer:

For positive linear association, both variables increase and decrease concurrently hence the correct answer is

a. Neighborhoods with a higher number of liquor stores tend to have a higher amount of crimes.

Step-by-step explanation:

A positive linear association exists when both variables increase or decrease proportionately to each other while a negative linear relationship exists when one molecule increases while the second variable  decreases simultaneously.

An example of a positive linear association diagram in graph form is attached

It is essential to find out how two or more variables are related during the course of appraising their relationship.

Although linear associations are very common, there are other types of associations and sometimes no associations at all between variables.

When you attempt to evaluate the association between variables it simplifies the evaluation if one starts by plotting out the values on a graph to form a scatter plot.

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