In my investigation today, I explored the relationship between poverty rates and crime rates in different areas. The calculated correlation coefficient, standing at 0.782002, points to a significant positive correlation between crime rates and poverty rates.
This positive correlation suggests that as poverty rates rise, so do crime rates, and conversely, a decrease in poverty rates tends to coincide with a decrease in crime rates. The closer the coefficient is to 1, the more pronounced this positive correlation becomes. Visualizing the data reinforces this observation, clearly illustrating that areas with higher poverty rates also tend to exhibit higher crime rates.
