Describing and Comparing Distributions
Some information about auto theft rates (number of auto thefts per 100,000 population) for a sample of 178 cities in two different years is summarized below. Express the statistical information in words. What changes were there in the overall shape of the distribution of this variable? In central tendancy? In dispersion?
1990 2010
Mean 150.32 125.17
Median 117.17 123.01
Standard Deviation 12.23 7.01