3.2. An analysis linking level of informal social control to frequency of delinquency produced the following results: INDEPENDENT VARIABLE Age (in years) Sex (1 female, 0 male) Race (1 white, 0 = nonwhite) b -0.12 -1.50 0.27 Informal social control (1=low, 10 = high) -0.83 After plotting the mean level of delinquency by level of informal social control, the researcher observed what appeared to be an inverse relationship (1/x) between delinquency and informal social control. After transforming the measure of informal social control, the researcher estimated a new regression and produced the following results: INDEPENDENT VARIABLE b Age (in years) -0.11 Sex (1 female, 0 male) -1.61 Race (1 white, 0 = nonwhite) 0.32 Inverse of informal social control (1 = low, 10 = =high) 2.45

(a) Interpret the effect of the inverse of informal social control. (b) Sketch the relationship between delinquency and informal social control using the coefficient for the inverse of informal social control.