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1. Lead Sentence Youth guilty cases have significantly decreased from 2011 to 2022, according to a report by Statistics Canada. 2. Excel Workbook Link & Explanation The Excel Workbook for my data can be found here . It contains the total number of youth that have been found guilty in court between the ages of 12 and 17, and what type of sentence they received. The dataset is looking at the period between 2011 and 2022 in Canada. My slice specifically focuses on the decrease in total youth guilty cases in Canada from 2011 to 2022. Although this dataset is quite similar to my previous one, I decided to take Chad's advice on using this dataset instead because it has more to work with. I also planned to focus only on the decrease of youth in "Custody" (in jail), but he suggested there isn't a big difference in change. However, there is a significant decrease in youths being found guilty, and Chad suggested looking at a 10-year period, which is what I decided to do.  3...

  What dataset will you use for your final report? The dataset I will be using for my final report is from Statistics Canada, which is titled “Youth courts, number of cases and charges by type of decision.” Describe the dataset. What kind of data does it contain? The data has a reference period from 1991 to 2022, listing youth ages of the accused from ages 12 to 17, including “other ages.” It also lists the sex of the accused and the type of offence they committed such as drug possession, criminal code, robbery and more, including the type of decision made in court, such as if they were seen as guilty or not. The data contains the total number of offences, cases and charges, while also showing the percentage of the guilty. This also shows data all over Canada, but it can be divided into provinces and territories.  Is there anything about your data that you don’t understand? The categorization of the data makes it easy to comprehend, and the terms used are quite simple. So far,...