The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 5 - Regression - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 135: 5.5c

Answer

The rate will increase to .195 per 100,00 people.

Work Step by Step

We gather from the plot that the slope of the correlation line is .195. Thus, it follows that the rate of suicide will increase by .195 per 100,00 people every time that homicide rate increase by one per 100,000 people.
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