A professor at the University of New Hampshire was interested in evaluating the effect of the unemployment rate on the incarceration rate. Using data from 50 states and the District of Columbia (n = 51), the

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A professor at the University of New Hampshire was interested in evaluating the effect of the unemployment rate on the incarceration rate. Using data from 50 states and the District of Columbia (n = 51), the researcher computed the Pearson’s correlation coefficient between the two variables. The results are presented below.

 

 

Correlations

 

Incarceration

Unemployment

Incarceration

Pearson Correlation

1

.209

Sig. (2-tailed)

 

.142

N

51

51

Unemployment

Pearson Correlation

.209

1

Sig. (2-tailed)

.142

 

N

51

51

 

 

 

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What is the sample?

 

 

What is the dependent variable?

 

 

What is the independent variable?

 

 

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