Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 137: 23b

Answer

The the total emissions of a country does not take into account the size of the population, but the emissions per capita does.

Work Step by Step

Notice that some highly industrialized countries like France and Italy are not among the top 10 emiters in 2007, but we can see India in the third place. This is because the population of India is about 20 times larger than the population of France or Italy.
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