It Currently Costs Federal, State, and Local Governments More Than

question 20

Short Answer

It currently costs federal, state, and local governments more than $___________ billion per year for civil andcriminal justice.

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Definitions:

Estimates Update

The process of revising predictions or calculations based on new information or changes to earlier assumptions.

Level

A specified stage or degree in a process, system, or ranking.

Systematic Component

The part of variability or patterns in data that can be consistently explained by identifiable factors, as opposed to random variation.

Mean Squared Error

A statistical measure of the average squared difference between estimated and actual values, used to gauge the accuracy of predictive models or estimators.