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Author: William Navidi
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 1.3, Problem 23E
Taxicabs and crime: A sociologist discovered that regions that have more taxicabs tend to have higher crime rates. Does increasing the number of taxicabs cause the crime rate to increase, or could the result be due to confounding? Explain.
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