A Detention's Reasonableness Is

question 5

Multiple Choice

A detention's reasonableness is

• A) based on time.
• B) determined by the officer conducting the detention.
• C) limited to fifteen minutes.
• D) based on common sense and ordinary human experience.

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Definitions:

Confounding Variable

A variable that influences both the dependent variable and independent variable causing a spurious association.

Cause-and-effect Relationship

A connection between two events where one is the result of the other or occurring as a direct consequence.

Operational Definition

A clear, precise description of a variable in terms of the procedures used to measure or manipulate it.

Theory

A systematic set of ideas intended to explain phenomena, based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.