Total Reported Gunshot Wounds for $20$ municipalities $(12-$month period$),$ Union

County, NJ

A county health department might be interested in data on gunshot wounds for

several reasons:

to compare differences between townships, boroughs, and cities within the

county

to identify patterns of causality: careless storage or inexperienced use of guns

$($vs$.$ violent criminal intent$)$

to plan future programs for education on gun safety, targeting the

municipalities with high numbers of wounds

to assist hospital emergency rooms or other healthcare providers to be

prepared with adequate treatment

Follow the steps you have been practicing so far to create this new dataset.

In Variable View, define your variable as follows:

Name $=$ Wounds

Decimals $=0$ decimal places

Label $=$ Total Gunshot Wounds By Municipality

Align $=$ Center $($so that in Variable View your data is centered in its column and easier

to read$)$

Measure $=$ Scale $($that$\text{'}$s because the data are numbers of actual, countable gunshot

wound cases$).$

In Data View, enter the scores above from left to right $,$ etc.$)$ into the column

$($top to bottom$)$ of your spreadsheet under the variable name.

After entering your data, check it for accuracy. Are there $20$ scores, and do they

match the list above?

Name your data file, and save it$.$ Name this file: Gunshot Wounds.

According to the histogram, the mode in this dataset is gunshot wounds?

A$)2$

B$)5$

C$)8$

D$)12$

How many times did the mode appear in this dataset? Times.

How many counties reported just $1$ gunshot wound? Counties.

True or false: The distribution of gunshot wounds data in Morris county fits the

pattern of a normal curve?

True

false