MATH125: Unit 5 Individual Project
Visual Representation and Analysis of Data
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State
|
Total
murders1
|
Total
firearms
|
Handguns
|
Rifles
|
Shotguns
|
Firearms
(type
unknown)
|
Knives or
cutting
instruments
|
Other
weapons
|
Hands, fists,
feet, etc.2
|
|
Alaska
|
29
|
16
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
|
Arizona
|
339
|
222
|
165
|
14
|
9
|
34
|
49
|
59
|
9
|
|
Arkansas
|
153
|
110
|
52
|
4
|
6
|
48
|
22
|
17
|
4
|
|
California
|
1,790
|
1,220
|
866
|
45
|
50
|
259
|
261
|
208
|
101
|
|
Colorado
|
147
|
73
|
39
|
3
|
5
|
26
|
22
|
31
|
21
|
|
Connecticut
|
128
|
94
|
54
|
1
|
1
|
38
|
18
|
10
|
6
|
|
Delaware
|
41
|
28
|
18
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
|
District of Columbia
|
108
|
77
|
37
|
0
|
1
|
39
|
21
|
9
|
1
|
|
Georgia
|
522
|
370
|
326
|
16
|
16
|
12
|
61
|
83
|
8
|
|
Hawaii
|
7
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Idaho
|
32
|
17
|
15
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
8
|
3
|
|
Illinois3
|
452
|
377
|
364
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
29
|
29
|
17
|
|
Indiana
|
284
|
183
|
115
|
9
|
12
|
47
|
36
|
43
|
22
|
|
Iowa
|
44
|
19
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
|
Kansas
|
110
|
73
|
31
|
3
|
5
|
34
|
11
|
16
|
10
|
|
Kentucky
|
150
|
100
|
77
|
6
|
5
|
12
|
13
|
24
|
13
|
|
Louisiana
|
485
|
402
|
372
|
10
|
8
|
12
|
28
|
29
|
26
|
|
Maine
|
25
|
12
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
|
Maryland
|
398
|
272
|
262
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
75
|
34
|
17
|
|
Massachusetts
|
183
|
122
|
52
|
0
|
1
|
69
|
30
|
22
|
9
|
|
Michigan
|
613
|
450
|
267
|
29
|
15
|
139
|
43
|
89
|
31
|
|
Minnesota
|
70
|
43
|
36
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
12
|
12
|
3
|
|
Mississippi
|
187
|
138
|
121
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
26
|
14
|
9
|
|
Missouri
|
364
|
276
|
158
|
13
|
9
|
96
|
28
|
42
|
18
|
|
Montana
|
18
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
|
Nebraska
|
65
|
42
|
35
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
7
|
9
|
7
|
|
Nevada
|
129
|
75
|
46
|
2
|
1
|
26
|
20
|
25
|
9
|
|
New Hampshire
|
16
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
|
New Jersey
|
379
|
269
|
238
|
1
|
5
|
25
|
51
|
41
|
18
|
|
New Mexico
|
121
|
60
|
45
|
2
|
2
|
11
|
21
|
32
|
8
|
|
New York
|
774
|
445
|
394
|
5
|
16
|
30
|
160
|
143
|
26
|
|
North Carolina
|
489
|
335
|
235
|
26
|
19
|
55
|
60
|
57
|
37
|
|
North Dakota
|
12
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
|
Ohio
|
488
|
344
|
187
|
8
|
13
|
136
|
44
|
80
|
20
|
|
Oklahoma
|
204
|
131
|
99
|
8
|
9
|
15
|
26
|
21
|
26
|
|
Oregon
|
77
|
40
|
13
|
1
|
2
|
24
|
22
|
10
|
5
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
636
|
470
|
379
|
8
|
19
|
64
|
73
|
66
|
27
|
|
Rhode Island
|
14
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
|
South Carolina
|
319
|
223
|
126
|
10
|
12
|
75
|
38
|
40
|
18
|
|
South Dakota
|
15
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
|
Tennessee
|
373
|
244
|
172
|
7
|
13
|
52
|
51
|
62
|
16
|
|
Texas
|
1,089
|
699
|
497
|
37
|
48
|
117
|
175
|
134
|
81
|
|
Utah
|
51
|
26
|
15
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
9
|
11
|
|
Vermont
|
8
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
|
Virginia
|
303
|
208
|
110
|
10
|
15
|
73
|
33
|
41
|
21
|
|
Washington
|
161
|
79
|
58
|
1
|
3
|
17
|
29
|
36
|
17
|
|
West Virginia
|
74
|
43
|
23
|
10
|
3
|
7
|
11
|
13
|
7
|
|
Wisconsin
|
135
|
80
|
60
|
7
|
3
|
10
|
21
|
13
|
21
|
|
Wyoming
|
15
|
11
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
|
Virgin Islands
|
38
|
31
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
|
1 Total number of murders for which supplemental homicide data were received.
2 Pushed is included in hands, fists, feet, etc.
3 Limited supplemental homicide data were received.
Complete the following using the ANSWER FORM provided. Submit your Word document in the Unit 5 IP Submissions area.
1. From the data in the table above, find the top 7 states with the most number of total murders. Then, construct a table showing the number of murders by each category of firearms.
2. Using the top 7 states with the most number of murders, construct a pie chart representing the number of murders in each state
committed with handguns
; use percentages to make sure that the pie chart is correctly proportioned.
3. Using the top 7 states with the most number of murders, construct a bar graph representing the number of murders in each state
committed with handguns
; use percentages to make sure that the bar chart is correctly proportioned.
4. Using the top 7 states with the most number of murders, construct an area chart representing the number of murders in each state
committed with handguns
; use actual numerical values and make sure the area chart is correctly proportioned.
5. Which of these three chart types do you think gives the most useful visual information about the data represented? Please do your research and include appropriate references that support your final answer.
6. Is there another chart type that you think would better represent these data? Why or why not? Please do your research and include appropriate references that support your final answer.
Reference
Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2011). Table 20: Murder. Retrieved from http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-20