Which of the Following Strategies Can Be Used for Reducing

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following strategies can be used for reducing misidentifications in police lineups?

• A) Give eyewitnesses a "blank" lineup that contains no suspects and screen out those who make false identifications.
• B) Minimize false identifications with instructions that acknowledge that the offender may not be in the lineup.
• C) Use a sequential lineup where eyewitnesses can compare each person with their memory of the culprit and make an absolute decision.
• D) All of the above.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and it is the hypothesis that researchers typically seek to disprove or reject through statistical tests.

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that proposes a significant difference, effect, or relationship between variables, tested against the null hypothesis in statistical analysis.

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Hypothesis Test

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