For Years, Decriminalizing Certain Offenses Was a Major Liberal Policy

question 10

Multiple Choice

For years, decriminalizing certain offenses was a major liberal policy recommendation.That changed because

• A) conservatives embraced the same policies
• B) most of those offenses have been decriminalized or deemphasized
• C) decriminalization of those offenses undermined the principles of procedural justice
• D) those offenses are now recognized as detrimental to society

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

An interval of values, pulled from a sample's statistics, with a good chance of containing the elusive value of a population parameter.

Level of Significance

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, typically denoted by alpha (\(\alpha\)).

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test that is used to make a decision about the validity of a hypothesis.

Type I Error

The mistake of rejecting a true null hypothesis, also known as a false positive.