Which of the Following Statements Accurately Represents the Benefits and Challenges

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately represents the benefits and challenges of being a judge?

• A)Judges' is much higher than for lawyers in private practice.
• B)Judges are the primary decision makers in the courtroom, and routinely ignore recommendations from prosecutors and probation officers.
• C)Judges are expected to immediately conduct trials with little preparation.
• D)Judges warrant a high degree of respect, and occupy a vital and prestigious position in the criminal justice system.

---

Definitions:

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, calculated as the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic.

Probability Distribution

A function that describes the likelihood of different outcomes in an experiment.

Sample Mean

The average value of all the measurements in a sample, calculated by adding all the values and dividing by the number of observations.

Probability Density Function

A function used to compute probabilities for a continuous random variable. The area under the graph of a probability density function over an interval represents probability.