While Tactical Crime Analysts May Develop Their Own Format for Reports

question 27

Multiple Choice

While tactical crime analysts may develop their own format for reports and bulletins, there is ______________ to help crime analysts create a crime analysis bulletin.

• A) Help available from the IT department
• B) Software developed
• C) Plenty of examples on YouTube
• D) No software developed

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the distribution of data points in a data set around the mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Z-score

A statistical measure representing the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of its data set, used in standardizing scores for comparison.

Probability Sampling

Sampling based on random selection of the sample units.

Convenience Sampling

Sampling based on convenience to the researcher.