The governor of Michigan believes that the state can improve the state’s crime rate if the state can reduce the college debt carried by its citizens and if they can increase the percent of the population covered by health insurance. Using the States Data Set and PHStat , create the multiple regression prediction equation. Predict the crime rate for Michigan if the college debt were $25,000 and the percent not covered by insurance was 10? Abbr/State/Region/Poverty/Crime/College/Bachelors/Income/2000/Income 2010/Metro/Population/Area/Density/College Debt/Not Covered/Teen Pregnancy/an Unemploy/Feb Unemploy/Mar Unemploy/Apr Unemploy/May Unemploy/June Unemploy MI   Michigan   Midwest   16.2   522.2   59.9   24.4   $45,512    $46,441    86   9883360   56804   176.10   $27,451.00    13.8   34   8.9   8.8   8.5   8.4   8.4   8.7 Solution Answer: 1.Using theStates Data Set and PHStat, create the multiple regression prediction equation.Crime = -.0988 (College Debt) -.2724 (Not Covered) 2.Predict the crime rate for Michigan if the college debt were $25,000 and the percent not covered by insurancewas 10? Crime:0.245152 3.Answer .

1. The governor of Michigan believes that the state can improve the state’s crime rate if the
state can reduce the college debt carried by its citizens and if they can increase the percent of the
population covered by health insurance.
Using the States Data Set and PHStat , create the multiple regression prediction equation.
Predict the crime rate for Michigan if the college debt were $25,000 and the percent not covered
by insurance was 10?
Abbr/State/Region/Poverty/Crime/College/Bachelors/Income/2000/Income
2010/Metro/Population/Area/Density/College Debt/Not Covered/Teen Pregnancy/an
Unemploy/Feb Unemploy/Mar Unemploy/Apr Unemploy/May Unemploy/June Unemploy
MI  Michigan  Midwest  16.2  522.2  59.9  24.4  $45,512  Â
$46,441 Â Â 86Â Â 9883360Â Â 56804Â Â 176.10Â Â $27,451.00 Â Â 13.8Â Â 34Â Â
8.9Â Â 8.8Â Â 8.5Â Â 8.4Â Â 8.4Â Â 8.7
Solution
Answer:
1.Using theStates Data Set and PHStat, create the multiple regression prediction equation.Crime
= -.0988 (College Debt) -.2724 (Not Covered)
2.Predict the crime rate for Michigan if the college debt were $25,000 and the percent not
covered by insurancewas 10?
Crime:0.245152
3.Answer
Poverty represents the percentage of the population living in poverty in 2009 (from census.gov).
Region is the Census Bureau-designated area. Crime represents the violent crime rate per
100,000 population in 2009 (from census.gov). College indicates the percentage of high school
graduates going directly to college in 2008 (from nces.ed.gov). Bachelors shows the percentage
of the state's population with a Bachelor's degree or higher. Metro shows the percentage of the

2. population living in a metropolitan area in 2010 (from statehealthfacts.org). Income represents
the median income per household in US$ for 2000 and 2010 (from census.gov). Population is the
2012 population (worldatlas.com). Area in Square Miles (worldatlas.com). Density is population
per square mile (worldatlas.com). College Debt is the average college debt for graduates
(http://projectonstudentdebt.org). Teen pregnancy rate rank 2008 (Guttmacher Institute). Not
Covered is the percent of the population not covered by health insurance (2009, US Census
Bureau). Monthly Unemployment Rates for 2013