The Exclusionary Rule Is a Policy That

question 13

Multiple Choice

The exclusionary rule is a policy that

• A)forbids the admission of illegally seized evidence at trial.
• B)prohibits the arresting officer from serving as a character witness at a hearing or trial.
• C)prohibits the detention of a suspect for more than forty-eight hours without the suspect being charged.
• D)is limited to the federal courts.
• E)None of these choices is true.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data points around the mean.

Standard Error of Measurement (SEM)

A statistical measure that reflects the amount of error in the scores of a test, indicating how much measured test scores are expected to fluctuate around a true score.

T Score

A standardized score with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, often used in psychological and educational testing to compare an individual's test performance with a norm group.

Test-Retest Reliability

Giving the test twice to the same group of people and then correlating the scores of the first test with those of the second test to determine the reliability of the instrument.