Regarding Eyewitness Testimony, Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE?​

question 55

Multiple Choice

Regarding eyewitness testimony, which of the following statements is FALSE?​

• A) ​DNA evidence hasexonerated less than 20 percent of people who were wrongfully convicted of a major crime in the United States based on eyewitness testimony.
• B) ​Being highly confident of one's eyewitness testimony is not a good predictor of how accurate this testimony will be.
• C) ​Too many jurors tend to assume that eyewitness testimony is nearly infallible with U.S.judges also being vulnerable to overoptimism regarding eyewitness testimony.
• D) ​Eyewitness accuracy is virtually the same for witnessing a crime as it is for being a victim.

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the analysis without violating any constraints.

Significance Level

The probability threshold below which the null hypothesis is rejected in a statistical test, often denoted by alpha (α).

Cohen's D

A measure of effect size indicating the standardized difference between two means.

Small Effect

A situation where the observed changes or differences due to manipulation or intervention are minimal.