In: Statistics and Probability
he city council of Pine Bluffs is considering increasing the number of police in an effort to reduce crime. Before making a final decision, the council asked the chief of police to survey other cities of similar size to determine the relationship between the number of police and the number of crimes reported. The chief gathered the following sample information. City Police Number of Crimes City Police Number of Crimes Oxford 15 17 Holgate 17 7 Starksville 17 13 Carey 12 21 Danville 25 5 Whistler 11 19 Athens 27 7 Woodville 22 6 Determine the standard error of estimate. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.) Determine the coefficient of determination. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Interpret the coefficient of determination. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)