If a Shoplifting Suspect Is Detained for an Unreasonably Long

question 4

True/False

If a shoplifting suspect is detained for an unreasonably long time and is found to be innocent, the merchant is liable for the tort of malicious prosecution.

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Definitions:

Level Of Significance

The threshold used in statistical tests to decide whether an observed effect is considered statistically significant.

P-Value

A statistical metric that helps you determine the significance of your research results, essentially telling you how likely your data would have occurred by random chance.

One-Tail Test

A statistical test where the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution, used when the research hypothesis predicts a direction of the effect.

Two-Tailed Test

A hypothesis testing approach that allows for the possibility of an effect in two directions, either higher or lower than the null hypothesis, and hence tests for the presence of any significant difference.