Which Statement Is True Regarding Rates

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true regarding rates?

• A)Rates are fundamental inferential statistics in criminal justice research.
• B)Rates are used to standardize some measure for comparative purposes.
• C)In criminal justice crime rates per 100,0000 population is a common convention in reporting.
• D)These are the only governmental statistics that are calculated to discuss crime

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Definitions:

Regression Analysis

A statistical technique that models and examines the relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Correlations Matrix

A table showing the correlation coefficients between sets of variables, indicating how closely changes in one variable are associated with changes in another.

Predictor Variables

Variables in statistical models that are used to predict or explain changes in the outcome variable.

Multicollinearity

A situation in regression analysis where two or more predictors are closely correlated, making it difficult to distinguish their individual effects.