According to the U.S. Department of Justice, in 2009 the incarceration rate in the nation’s prisons was 949 per 100,000 male residents, and 67 per 100,000 female residents.
a. Find the relative risk of being incarcerated, comparing males to females. Interpret.
b. Find the difference of proportions of being incarcerated. Interpret.
c. Which measure do you think is more appropriate for these data? Why?