Do larger universities tend to have more property crime? University crime statistics are affected by a variety of factors. The surrounding community, accessibility given to outside visitors, and many other factors influence crime rate. Let x be a variable that represents student enrollment (in thousands) on a university campus, and let y be a variable that represents the number of burglaries in a year on the university campus. A random sample of n = 8 universities in California gave the following information about enrollments and annual burglary incidents. x  12.3 28.6  24.5 14.3  7.5   27.7 16.2 20.1 y   23   72     39      23    15    30    15    25   a) Compute r. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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Do larger universities tend to have more property crime? University crime statistics are affected by a variety of factors. The surrounding community, accessibility given to outside visitors, and many other factors influence crime rate. Let x be a variable that represents student enrollment (in thousands) on a university campus, and let y be a variable that represents the number of burglaries in a year on the university campus. A random sample of n = 8 universities in California gave the following information about enrollments and annual burglary incidents.
x  12.3 28.6  24.5 14.3  7.5   27.7 16.2 20.1
y   23   72     39      23    15    30    15    25

 

a) Compute r. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

 

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