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Why Is It So Difficult to Track the Crime Rate

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Why is it so difficult to track the crime rate over time?


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Alternative Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that contradicts the null hypothesis, suggesting there is an effect or a difference.

One-tailed Test

A statistical test where the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it is a threshold used to determine the critical region for statistical significance testing.

Test Statistic

A figure determined from data samples, which is used during a hypothesis test to evaluate whether to refuse the null hypothesis.

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