A database of domestic violence statistics provides means and standard deviations for domestic crimes for each of the major cities in the US. The city of New York and the city of Chicago want to compare their domestic crime rates after each city has instituted a wide-scale publicity campaign aimed at educating the citizens about domestic crime. The mayor of New York believes that her city has benefited more from the campaign. The mean number of domestic crimes committed each week over a specific period in each city are the data. What test would you choose to answer the question?
What will be an ideal response?
Correct Answer:
z-test for the difference
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