A Police Department Could Use  ______ to Identify and Target

question 109

Multiple Choice

A police department could use  ______ to identify and target locations associated with increased random gunfire during the previous year's New Year's Eve holiday in order to deploy police resources to those areas.

• A) dumpster diving
• B) meta-analysis
• C) data mining
• D) systematic review

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistical analysis that proposes there is no significant difference or effect, intended to be tested against an alternative hypothesis.

Research Hypothesis

A statement suggesting a potential outcome or association that a study is designed to investigate, often proposing how two variables are related.

Null Hypothesis

An assertion that there is no significant difference or relationship between specified populations, groups, or variables.