A Social Worker Has Been Asked to Testify Before Her

question 15

Essay

A social worker has been asked to testify before her state legislature about the impact of long-term foster care on child outcomes and government spending. She knows that 60% of children who remained in the foster care system without being adopted ended up in prison. The figure for foster care children who were eventually adopted was 25%. These data were based on 500 children who remained in foster care and 800 children who were eventually adopted. Create the appropriate contingency table.

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Definitions:

Section 1231

A tax provision related to the treatment of gains and losses on property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.

Depreciation

A method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life.

Short-Term Capital Loss

A loss realized from the sale of a capital asset, such as stock, held for one year or less, which can be used to offset capital gains for tax purposes.

Ordinary Loss

A loss incurred in the regular course of business or through investments, which can be used to offset ordinary income for tax purposes.