Some Studies Find That Defendants Accused of Killing _____Victims Are

question 12

Multiple Choice

Some studies find that defendants accused of killing _____victims are more likely to be indicted for first-degree murder than those accused of killing members of other races.These defendants are also more likely to receive the death penalty.

• A) White
• B) Latino
• C) African-American
• D) Asian

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and it serves as the default or starting assumption in hypothesis testing.

Point Estimate

A single value (or point) derived from a sample that serves as the best estimate of an unknown population parameter.

Hourly Wages

Hourly wages are payments made to workers based on the number of hours worked, typically quoted as an amount of money per hour.

Margin Of Error

The ± value added to and subtracted from a point estimate in order to develop an interval estimate of a population parameter.