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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e §1.2 Data, Sampling, and Variation in Data and Sampling · Exercise 58 · Statistics · Sampling & experiments

Data, Sampling, and Variation in Data and Sampling · Exercise 58

Crime-related and demographic statistics for 47 US states in 1960 were collected from government agencies, including the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. One analysis of this data found a strong connection between education and crime indicating that higher levels of education in a community correspond to higher crime rates.
Which of the potential problems with samples discussed in could explain this connection?

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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §1.2 Data, Sampling, and Variation in Data and Sampling · Exercise 58

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