Figure 3-3

The Perils of Interpolation Without seeing all of the data, it is easy to draw false conclusions. Although Canada’s property crime rate declined from the late 1970s through 2006, there was a peak in the middle, around 1991. If we saw only the data points for the 1970s and 2006, we might falsely conclude that there was a gradual decline during this time. You can search http://statcan.gc.ca for this and many other interesting statistics about Canada.