A database of domestic violence statistics provides means and standard deviations for domestic crimes for each of the major cities in the US. A California task force, after a wide-scale publicity campaign aimed at educating Californians about domestic crime, is mandated to determine if the domestic crime rate had decreased as a result. The mean number of domestic crimes committed each week over a specific period is compared to the national norms. What test would you choose to answer the question?
What will be an ideal response?
Correct Answer:
z-test for a population mean
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