The Attorney General of the State of California Wanted to Study

question 11

Short Answer

The Attorney General of the state of California wanted to study criminal law in Los Angeles last year.He randomly selected 46,000 criminal records from the population of 1.5 million convicts in Los Angeles last year.From this sample,he calculated the proportion of litigations,the average amount of money involved per litigation,and the proportion of litigations resulting in a conviction.These calculations are all examples of doing ____________________ statistics.

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Definitions:

Advantageous

Pertains to a situation, action, or decision that results in a positive outcome or offers a benefit or favor to the individual or group involved.

Researcher

An individual who conducts rigorous investigations to discover or interpret new knowledge in a specific field.

Test-Retest Reliability

A measure of consistency where a test is repeated on the same subjects at different times to assess the similarity of outcomes.

Measure

A tool or method used to determine the quantity, degree, or capacity of an attribute or phenomenon.