Ty Started to Behave Aggressively at Age 5, and by Age

question 55

Multiple Choice

Ty started to behave aggressively at age 5, and by age 8 he was caught shoplifting several times. Ty is now age 25 and has committed armed robbery. Ty would be considered to be a(n) _____.

• A) hostile offender
• B) dual offender
• C) life-course-persistent offender
• D) adolescence-limited offender

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Sample Size

The number of observations or replicas included in a statistical sample.

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A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of sample values from their mean.

Population Standard Deviation

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