______ Has Likely Contributed to Recent Lower Incarceration Rates

question 58

Multiple Choice

______ has likely contributed to recent lower incarceration rates.

• A) The legalization of marijuana
• B) Lower alcohol sales
• C) Deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals
• D) The war on drugs

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Test Statistic

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Stepwise Regression

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Correlation Matrix

A table showing the correlation coefficients between sets of variables, indicating how changes in one variable are associated with changes in another.

Independent Variables

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