To Explore the Use of Data Mining Within Criminal Justice

question 42

Multiple Choice

To explore the use of data mining within criminal justice, data mining software analyzes _______ in stored transaction data.

• A) This and that
• B) Court costs
• C) MOs of sex offenders
• D) Relationships and patterns

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Definitions:

Binomial Distribution

The binomial distribution is a probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood of obtaining a fixed number of successes in a fixed number of trials with a specific probability of success in each trial.

Expected Value

A statistical concept representing the average outcome of a random variable over a large number of experiments or trials.

Binomial Probability Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a value will take one of two independent values under a given set of parameters or conditions.

Expected Number

A statistical term referring to the average value or mean of a random variable, calculated as the sum of all possible values each multiplied by its probability of occurrence.