Approximately of All People Under Correctional Supervision Are Living in the Community

question 44

Multiple Choice

Approximately of all people under correctional supervision are living in the community on probation or parole.

• A) one-fifth
• B) one-half
• C) one-third
• D) two-thirds

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Definitions:

Sample Proportions

The fraction or percentage of observations in a sample that fall into one particular category or class.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, commonly the mean, indicating the variation of a sample statistic from the population parameter.

Lower Tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test where the critical area of a distribution is in its lower tail, used to determine if a sample mean is significantly lower than a known or assumed population mean.

Test Statistic

A statistic calculated from sample data, used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis in a hypothesis test.