A City Government Has Asked a Research Group to Evaluate

Multiple Choice

A city government has asked a research group to evaluate the effect of a new curfew ordinance on the number of monthly crimes.This curfew has reduced city revenue due to decreased commerce,and citizens are generally unhappy with it.While the curfew has already been instated,the city wants to use this study to decide whether to continue or discontinue the curfew.After six months,the study finds a statistically significant difference in the number of monthly crimes before and after the curfew was instated,but observes that the average number of monthly crimes over the six months only went down by 1.2 crimes with the curfew in place.When the researchers make their recommendation to the city based on this study,they should most likely recommend that the

A) study extend for one more year.
B) curfew be continued.
C) curfew be discontinued.
D) curfew be changed to one hour later.