Question

Income disparity is strongly associated with street crime. In neighborhoods where income levels do not vary a great deal there is very little street crime, even in poor neighborhoods. However, in neighborhoods where there are large differences in the income levels among residents street crime seems to increase. You are an analyst for the Bigton Police Department and have just completed a survey of incomes within in the eight neighborhoods within the city limits. Then you calculated the standard deviation of incomes within each of the eight neighborhoods.

Rank order the neighborhoods listed in the following table with respect to their potential for street crime based on the standard deviation of their household incomes. Use numerals to list from the most (1) likely neighborhood to experience street crime to the least (8) likely neighborhood to experience street crime. You may use the table below to record your answer.

Neighborhood	Standard Deviation of Household Incomes (in dollars)	Rank Order of Potential Street Crime (most (1) to least (8) likely
A	10,498
B	3,592
C	8,567
D	309
E	15,309
F	1,508
G	6,763
H	4,987

Answer 1

Income disparity is strongly associated with street crime In neighborhoods where the income level do not vary a great deal there is very little street crime, that is, if the standard deviation is low then the crime rate is low. In neighborhoods where there are large differences in the income levels among resident's street crime seems to increase. The rank order of the neighborhoods with respect to their potential for street crime based on the standard deviation of their household incomes is given as follows: Rank (1) for most likely and (8) for least likely. Neighborhood of Rank Order of Potential Standard deviation Household Incomes Street Crime (1 for most likely and 8 for least likely) (in dollars) A 10,498 2 В 3,592 8,567 6 C 309 8 15,309 1 1,508 F 7 G 6,763 4 Н 4,987 It can be ranked as largest to smallest deviations