The Beliefs of the General Public About the Insanity Defense

question 93

Multiple Choice

The beliefs of the general public about the insanity defense fail to reflect reality in that

• A) the insanity defense is no longer legal in most states.
• B) the insanity defense is used successfully far less often than the public believes.
• C) the insanity defense is rarely abused, except in highly publicized cases.
• D) the insanity defense does not mean that the person does not go to jail.

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Definitions:

P < .05

Indicates that the probability of the observed data (or something more extreme) assuming the null hypothesis is true is less than 5%, often used as a threshold for statistical significance.

Critical Value

A threshold value used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

In hypothesis testing, it's the presumption that no significant difference exists as a result of the experiment or intervention.

Significance

The likelihood that a result from data collected and analyzed is not due to chance. It’s often determined through the use of a p-value.