Explain Why an Officer May Frisk a Passenger in a Vehicle

question 14

Essay

Explain why an officer may frisk a passenger in a vehicle who is not suspected of criminal activity.

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, used to estimate certain types of parameters.

Independent Populations

Populations that are distinct with no members in common, ensuring that the selection from one does not influence the selection from another.

Population Variances

A statistical measure representing the dispersion or variability of a population data set's values.

Equal-variances Test

A statistical method used to assess whether two or more populations have equal variances.