Identify Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 11

Multiple Choice

Identify which of the following statements is false.

• A)When a court opinion discusses facts and issues on which the court does not rule, the comments are called dicta.
• B)Dicta in a court opinion has no influence on other tax proceedings.
• C)Published articles and tax services are examples of secondary sources of authority.
• D)Dicta are not authoritative.

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Definitions:

Sample Spearman

Sample Spearman refers to the computation of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient on a sample data set to assess the monotonic relationship between two variables.

Rank Coefficient

A statistical measure that evaluates the strength and direction of a relationship between two ranked variables.

Spearman Rank-Correlation

A nonparametric measure of correlation that assesses how well the relationship between two variables can be described using a monotonic function, based on ranked values.

Linear Way

Refers to a direct and straightforward approach or method that progresses continuously from one point to the next.