A Court May Distinguish the Facts of a Case That

question 57

Multiple Choice

A court may distinguish the facts of a case that it is deciding from facts in a case that constitutes precedent in an effort to:

• A) Create new law
• B) Point out flaws in the precedent-setting case
• C) Avoid overturning precedent
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The quantity of autonomous variables or amounts that can change in the computation of a statistic.

Dummy Variables

Numerical variables used in regression analysis to represent subgroups of the sample in your study.

Regression Model

A statistical technique that models and analyzes the relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables to predict outcomes.

Qualitative Independent Variable

A variable that categorizes or describes attributes or characteristics, typically non-numeric, influencing the dependent variable.