Data Update 3

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 Hello and welcome to my third Data Update.

Before we begin, I would like to address Chad's feedback. As per his feedback, I have broadened my search to the top ten major metropolitan areas by population instead of limiting myself solely to those with a population above 1 million. With these new data points to consider, Toronto was not the only major metropolitan area to see an increased rate. However, Ontario in general had a higher rate compared to the other provinces so I find that it's just as important and relevant. I would also like to point out that although, per the data, Quebec City is considered the metropolitan area with the highest rate change, it is an outlier with 2 homicides in 2009 and 5 in 2019 and therefore excluded from the final data.

Chart

Unanswered Question

Not including homicide, is there an increased crime rate in these metropolitan areas and, if so, what type of crime has there been an influx of?

How would you get the data?

I would search Statistics Canada for datasets involving crime rates over the year. Hopefully I would find one that also involves types of crimes over the years, but if not, I would seek out am additional, separate dataset with this information to compare. 

Comments

  1. Wilson Wong23 March 2021 at 16:24

    Hello Coco,

    I like the way you addressed Chad's feedback in detail. A suggestion I have would be to go into more detail about how you would obtain the crime rate dataset if Statistics Canada did not have it. For example, specifying the agency or process.

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  2. Lakeisha Barrington24 March 2021 at 17:39

    Hi Coco,

    I like your unanswered question. I would also be interested to know what other crimes have increased (or decreased in Toronto over the years. Also, I may be misreading your chart (this is very possible as I'm new to looking at charts) but your data seems confusing. Your lead highlights Ontario, but looking at your chart, it seems like Manitoba is the province that's highlighted -- not Ontario. I could be wrong but I think your chart should clearly emphasize Ontario if this is the focus for your report.

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  3. Netanya Castillo28 March 2021 at 17:31

    Hi Coco. I liked how you addressed Chad's feedback. The line colours of your graph really stand out so that's good! The note at the bottom of the chart that states you only mentioned the cities that had significant change was also very helpful. I can't think of any recommendations at the moment. Your chart heading is also really attention grabbing! Good job!

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  4. Colin Syms28 March 2021 at 20:11

    Hey Coco,

    I like your intro paragraph, it helps to give an intro to your post. I think the graph could maybe use thinner lines, but other than that the different colors do make it easier to pick our which line is which. I think your question is good, and I like how you would go about finding the answer to your question!

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