A Victim-Impact Statement Is

question 35

Multiple Choice

A victim-impact statement is:

• A) usually a written document describing the suffering and trauma experienced by the crime victim used before sentencing.
• B) usually a written document provided to the victim from the defendant as an apology for the crime.
• C) unconstitutional.
• D) a written statement made to the police when reporting the crime.

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Definitions:

P-Value

The probability of observing test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.

Critical Value

A threshold in hypothesis testing that defines the boundary or cutoff point at which the test statistic is considered significant.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that suggests there is no statistical significance between the two specified populations or sets of data.

Test Statistic

A calculated value from sample data used to make a decision about the validity of a hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing.