How May State Courts Write Opinions in a Way That

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Short Answer

How may state courts write opinions in a way that can impact the likelihood of federal court review?

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Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean.

Raw Score

An original, unmodified score obtained in a measurement or test.

Normal Curve

Another term for a normal distribution, characterized by its bell-shaped curve where most observations cluster around the central peak and the probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off equally in both directions.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values, found by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.