In the Majority of States, the County Sheriff Is a Constitutional

question 5

Multiple Choice

In the majority of states, the county sheriff is a constitutional office, meaning

• A) it is created by state statute.
• B) the county board may change its powers or responsibilities to suit its needs.
• C) the office can only be abolished through constitutional amendment.
• D) the citizens of the county can abolish the office at any time.

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Definitions:

Contingency Table

A table often used in statistics to display the frequency distribution of variables to analyze the relationship between categorical variables.

Binomial Probability Function

A statistical distribution representing the probability of obtaining a fixed number of successful outcomes in a fixed number of trials in an experiment with two possible outcomes.

Rule of Five

An empirical rule suggesting that there's a 93.75% chance that a normal sample will fall within ±1.96 standard deviations of the mean.

Sample Size

The quantity of data points or observations employed in an experiment or research.