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Federal Aid and Representation. For each of 31 states, the
a. If you live in a state with 500,000 people per Senator, are you rnore or less well represented in the Senate than if you live in a state with 2,000,000 people per Senator?
b. ln light of part (a), does representation increase or decrease in moving to the right on the graph?
c. Describe the overall trend in the data. In general, does federal aid increase or decrease with representation?
d. Describe the
e. Do you believe the correlation between representation and federal aid is more likely a coincidence, due to a common underlying cause, or due to a causal relationship? Explain.
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