A Major Change in Attitudes Toward Prisons During the 1830s

question 14

True/False

A major change in attitudes toward prisons during the 1830s was the idea that prisoners could not be rehabilitated.

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Definitions:

Margin of Error

An expression of the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results, indicating a confidence range within which the true value lies.

Sampling Error

The difference between a sample statistic and the corresponding population parameter, arising due to the fact that the sample is not a perfect representation of the population.

Biased Estimator

An estimator that, on average, does not equal the true parameter of the population, indicating a systematic error in estimation.

Population Parameter

A numerical value summarizing a characteristic of an entire population, such as mean or variance.