Professor Staulbaumer Looked at the Number of Arrests for Drunken

question 11

Multiple Choice

Professor Staulbaumer looked at the number of arrests for drunken driving on the roads in ten urban and ten rural counties of Nebraska. He found police made more arrests on roads in the rural counties. The professor concluded that people who live in rural areas are more likely to drink and drive than are people who live in urban areas. Staulbaumer's conclusion has the problem of

• A) reductionism.
• B) teleology.
• C) spuriousness.
• D) ecological fallacy.

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Definitions:

Squared Deviation

The square of the difference between an observed data value and the mean of the data set, used in variance and standard deviation calculations.

Mathematical Average

A statistical measure representing the sum of values divided by their quantity.

Modal Score

The most frequently occurring value in a set of data, which represents the mode.

Median Score

The median score represents the middle value in a sorted list of numbers, essentially splitting the dataset into two halves.