Some Studies Find That Defendants Accused of Killing _____Victims Are

question 52

Multiple Choice

Some studies find that defendants accused of killing _____victims are more likely to be indicted for first-degree murder than those accused of killing members of other races.These defendants are also more likely to receive the death penalty.

• A) white
• B) Latino
• C) African-American
• D) Asian

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Definitions:

Chi-squared Goodness-of-fit

A statistical test that measures how well observed data fit an expected distribution in categorical data.

Contingency Table

A Contingency Table is a type of table in a matrix format that displays the frequency distribution of the variables. It's used in statistics to analyze the association between two or more variables.

Nominal Data

Data classified into categories that cannot be ordered in any meaningful way.

Chi-squared Goodness-of-fit

A statistical test to determine if sample data fits a population with a specific distribution, comparing observed values to expected values.