Quantitative Reasoning II Project: Calculations And Visuals

Create at least three visuals.

• One visual must be a scatter plot with trend line, equation, R2 value, and prediction value.
• Two of the remaining required visuals can be of the following format: histogram, box and whisker plot, or pie chart.
• Please note that the data set that you chose in Week 2 includes data that will not be needed to create your visuals. Quantitative reasoning requires critical thinking to decide what data is necessary.

Create a Microsoft® Word document that includes your three visuals and the following items:

• Title of your project and the scenario you are addressing
• Brief description of each visual (15 to 50 words)
• Consider including the following for each visual when applicable:
  • A chart title that is appropriate for the data
  • A descriptive x-axis label
  • A descriptive y-axis label
• For your xy scatter plot, make at least one prediction using the trend line equation for a date in the future. How confident are you in this prediction? State your prediction and provide justification (50 to 150 words).
• If you created a box and whisker plot, describe the central tendency of the values. What does this tell you about the data and about your project?
• Calculate the mean of the sample data.
  
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  	Security and Criminal Justice Scenario
  	Topic 2	Predicting Total U.S. correctional population
  	Scenario 2	Review the data on persons supervised by U.S. adult correctional systems by correctional status. Predict the number of the United States population that will be supervised by U.S. adult correctional system in 2018.
  	Year	Total U.S. correctional population	Probation	Parole
  	2000	6,467,800	3,839,400	725,500
  	2001	6,584,900	3,934,500	731,100
  	2002	6,730,900	3,995,000	753,100
  	2003	6,886,800	4,073,800	773,500
  	2004	6,997,000	4,140,400	775,900
  	2005	7,055,600	4,162,300	784,400
  	2006	7,199,700	4,236,800	798,200
  	2007	7,339,600	4,293,000	826,100
  	2008	7,313,600	4,270,100	828,200
  	2009	7,235,200	4,196,200	824,100
  	2010	7,086,500	4,053,600	840,700
  	2011	6,989,200	3,969,400	854,600
  	2012	6,945,100	3,940,800	857,800
  	2013	6,903,200	3,910,600	855,200
  	2014	6,851,000	3,864,100	856,900