In General, Which of the Following Best Summarizes How Convincing

question 12

Multiple Choice

In general, which of the following best summarizes how convincing eyewitness testimony is to jurors?

• A) Not very convincing-even when jurors have reason to believe that the eyewitness had good opportunity to study the criminal's appearance
• B) Not very convincing-unless the eyewitness is reporting having seen a good friend, relative, or other highly familiar person commit a crime
• C) Very convincing-unless jurors have reason to believe that the eyewitness had impaired vision at the time of the crime
• D) Very convincing-even when jurors have reason to believe that the eyewitness had impaired vision at the time of the crime

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Definitions:

Normal Populations

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Two-Tailed Hypothesis Test

A statistical analysis method where the significance of the observed data can be in either tail of the distribution, testing for either too high or too low outcomes relative to the hypothesized values.

Critical Value

A threshold in a statistical test that a test statistic must exceed to reject the null hypothesis.

T-Distribution

A probability distribution that is used to estimate population parameters when the sample size is small and the population variance is unknown.