The "Rule of Four" Is ____________________

question 16

Multiple Choice

The "Rule of Four" is ____________________.

• A) an early Sherlock Holmes story
• B) the minimum number of points that must be raised in a Supreme Court appellate brief
• C) the minimum number of cases that must be cited for stare decisis
• D) the minimum number of justices that must vote in favor of an appeal for a writ of certiorari to issue
• E) the minimum number of justices that can sit to hear an appeal

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

In an experiment, group of individuals who have a certain characteristic or receive a certain treatment as compared with a control group.

Inductive Reasoning

A method of reasoning in which general principles are inferred from specific observations.

Experimental Group

A group of subjects in an experiment who are exposed to the variable or intervention being tested, to assess its effect.

Independent Variable

Variable that is controlled by an experimenter in order to explore its relationship to a dependent variable.