The Criminal Justice Law of Thermodynamics States That A(n) ____(1)______

question 26

Multiple Choice

The criminal justice law of thermodynamics states that a(n) ____(1) ______ in the severity of a penalty results in ____(2) ______ application of that penalty

• A) (1) decrease (2) more frequent
• B) (1) decrease (2) less frequent
• C) (1) increase (2) more frequent
• D) (1) increase (2) less frequent

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

The square root of the variance in a population, describing how data points in the entire population deviate from the population mean.

Sample Size

The number of observations or items included in a sample, which represents a portion of the larger population.

Binomial Populations

Populations that follow a binomial distribution, characterized by only two possible outcomes for each trial.

Standard Error

The estimated standard deviation of a sampling distribution of a statistic, often the mean, indicating the variability of the estimate.