Identifying the Principal Case Requires

question 4

Multiple Choice

Identifying the principal case requires

• A)The analyst to identify the cases that are strongly related
• B)The analyst to select one case from the initial list of cases that best represents the pattern
• C)The analyst to examine other databases that could contain cases related to the pattern,
• D)The analyst to talk to detectives

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Definitions:

Principle of Randomness

The concept that outcomes or selections are made in a way that all possible outcomes have an equal chance of occurring, without bias.

Public Opinion Polling

The process of surveying public opinion from a particular sample, used to infer the opinion or attitude of the population.

George Gallup

A pioneering American pollster and the founder of Gallup, Inc., known for developing modern survey techniques to gauge public opinion.

Literary Digest

A general interest magazine published in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, known for its failed prediction of the 1936 presidential election.