To Illustrate Support for the Chivalry Hypothesis, Its Proponents Point

question 60

Multiple Choice

To illustrate support for the chivalry hypothesis, its proponents point to data showing that even though women make up about 20 percent of arrestees, they account for less than ______ percent of inmates.

• A)5
• B)13
• C)35
• D)50

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Discrete Variables

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Variables that represent the configurations or states of a system at a certain time, in disciplines such as physics, engineering, and economics.

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The central value of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the count of the numbers.

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