A Typical Research Finding on Jury Decision Making and Statistical

question 64

Multiple Choice

A typical research finding on jury decision making and statistical evidence is that

• A) male jurors pay more attention to statistical evidence than female jurors.
• B) juries do not pay enough attention to statistical evidence.
• C) juries overrate the importance of statistical evidence.
• D) statistical evidence is more compelling to jurors than narrative evidence.

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Definitions:

Mean Difference

The average of differences between pairs of observations in a dataset.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance.

Paired T-test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two related groups to determine if there is a significant difference between them.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true; a measure of the risk of a Type I error.