The Three Privileges That May Be Used as a Defense

question 464

Multiple Choice

The three privileges that may be used as a defense to a defamation action are conditional, constitutional, and:

• A) Congressional
• B) conditional per se
• C) correlative
• D) legislative
• E) none of the other choices

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Definitions:

Point Estimate

A single value (or point) estimate to summarize a likely value for a population parameter based on sample data.

Unknown Parameter

A quantity in a statistical model that needs to be estimated from the data because its value is not known a priori.

P-Value

The probability that the observed data (or a more extreme) would occur if the null hypothesis were true, used to determine the statistical significance of the observed effect.

Type I Error

A statistical error occurring when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected.