For Many Years,the Nation's Courts Did Not Interfere in Prison

question 66

Essay

For many years,the nation's courts did not interfere in prison operations based on the belief that it lacked technical competence in prison administration,society's general apathy toward prisons,and the belief that prisoners' complaints involved privileges rather than rights.This is called the ___________________________.

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Definitions:

Two-tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test in which the area of interest is in both tails of the probability distribution, considering both directions of an effect.

Level Of Significance

The threshold used to determine the statistical significance of an observed effect; denoted by alpha, typically set at 0.05 or 5%.

P-value

The chance of obtaining test outcomes that are as drastic as, or more drastic than, the ones actually observed, under the premise that the null hypothesis is right.

One-tailed Hypothesis Test

A specific type of statistical test that looks for evidence of an effect in one direction.