According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, ______ of the State

question 22

Multiple Choice

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, ______ of the state prison population is incarcerated for violent offenses.

• A) a small minority
• B) more than half
• C) less than half
• D) the vast majority

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Definitions:

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by summing all the numbers and then dividing by the count of those numbers.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from their mean.

Standard Normal Random Variable

A normally distributed random variable characterized by a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.

P

A probability value that reflects the likelihood of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, during the assumption that the null hypothesis is correct.