Which of the Following Is NOT True of Racial Disparities

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true of racial disparities in the death penalty?

• A) A study conducted in California found that people accused of killing Whites are over three times more likely to be sentenced than those who kill African Americans.
• B) Between 1967 and 2002, only 12 people were executed for crimes in which the defendant was White, and the victim was Black, compared with the 178 Black defendants who were executed after having been convicted of killing a White person.
• C) Between 1976 and 2017, more than 1,400 people were executed in the United States and 68% of them were African American.
• D) Between 1976 and 2017, more than 155 people were released from death row in that period after being found innocent.

Recognize the role of significant others and social institutions in the early images of self according to George Herbert Mead.

Identify the concepts related to socialization processes, including the impact of approval, neglect, and societal expectations on individual development.

Analyze the effects of social isolation and neglected upbringing on emotional, intellectual, and social development.

Describe the development of self and the importance of roles and role expectations in society.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A threshold in a statistical test that defines the boundary for deciding whether an observed statistic is extreme enough to reject the null hypothesis.

Alpha

A threshold value used in hypothesis testing to determine the significance level at which the null hypothesis is rejected in favor of the alternative hypothesis.

Non-directional Hypothesis

A hypothesis that does not predict the specific direction of the difference or relationship, only that one exists.

T-statistic

A statistic calculated from sample data used to assess the plausibility of the null hypothesis in t-tests.