Example 1.5 gave the accompanying data on violent crime on public college campuses in Florida during 2016 (fbi.gov, retrieved February 6, 2018):

a. Construct a dotplot using the 16 observations on number of violent crimes reported. Which schools stand out from the rest?

b. One of the Florida schools has only 861 students and a few of the schools are quite a bit larger than the rest. Because of this, it might make more sense to consider a crime rate by calculating the number of violent crimes reported per 1000 students. For example, for Florida A&M University the violent crime rate would be 6/9928 (1000) = (0.001)(1000) = 1.0 Calculate the violent crime rate for the other 15 schools and then use those values to construct a dotplot. Do the same schools stand out as unusual in this dotplot?

c. Based on your answers from Parts (a) and (b), write a couple of sentences commenting on violent crimes reported at Florida universities and colleges in 2016.

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Number of Violent Crimes Student Reported in University/College Enrollment 2016 Florida A&M University Florida Atlantic University 9,928 30,380 Florida Gulf Coast 14,833 3 University 49,782 Florida International 15 University Florida South Western State College Florida State University, Tallahassee 15,709 40,830 20 New College of Florida Pensacola State College Santa Fe College 861 1 9,840 14,767 Tallahassee Community College University of Central Florida 12,445 2 62,953 14 Number of Violent Crimes Reported in 2016 Student University/College University of Florida University of North Enrollment 50,645 10 15,675 3 Florida University of South Florida, St. Petersburg 4,739 University of South Florida, Tampa University of West Florida 42,067 12,763 10