By Sam Kider Miles Kvalheim Matt Varghese

 Do states that spend more money on education have less crime?

 Data is composed of total state crimes divided by the state population StateCrime Rate Index Alabama4.3% Alaska4.2 Arizona5.3 Arkansas4.6 California3.8 Colorado4.4 Connecticut2.8 Delaware3.8 District of Columbia5.9 Florida4.7 Georgia4.6 Hawaii5.1 Idaho3 Illinois3.7 Indiana3.8 Iowa3.1 Kansas4.2 Kentucky2.8 Louisiana4.3 Maine2.5 Maryland4.3 Massachusetts2.8 Maximum: District of Columbia 5.9% Minimum: South Dakota 1.9% Median: 3.8% Mean: 3.78%

State Elementary School and Secondary School Spending Per Capita College and University Spending Per Capita Alabama$1276$768 Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Elementary and Secondary School Spending Per Capita Maximum: Alaska $2608 Minimum: Arizona $1166 Median: $1503 Mean: $1557 College and University Spending Per Capita Maximum: North Dakota $999 Minimum: District of Columbia $174 Median: $626 Mean: $652.5

State Income Per Capita Unemployment Rate 2004 High School Dropout Rates Alabama$ %3.3% Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi

ŷ = x x E-05x x x 5 Estimated Crime Rate For every increase of $10,000 in annual salary per income, the crime rate will increase by.627% For every increase of 1% in the unemployment rate, the crime rate will increase by.31% For every increase of 1% in the high school dropout rate, the crime rate will increase by.28% Coefficients Standard Errort StatP-value Intercept Elementary School and Secondary School Spending Per Capita College and University Spending Per Capita Income Per Capita E E Unemployment Rate High School Dropout Rates For every additional $100 spent on elementary and secondary school education per capita, the crime rate will decrease by.16% For every additional $100 spent on college and university education per capita, the crime rate will increase by.045%

R Square =.37 37% of the variation in the state crime rate can be explained by education spending, average income, the unemployment rate, and the high school dropout rate. dfSSMSFSignificance F Regression Residual Total The regression model as a whole is significant because the P-value of F is less than.05

The residuals seem to be slightly negatively skewed.

This scatter plot seems to be homoscedastic.

Crime Rates: Education Spending: p High School Dropout Rates: Dropout.cfm Unemployment Rates: Incomes: