Community Surveys Are Used

question 205

Multiple Choice

Community surveys are used

• A) to find out how local citizens feel about the case since jurors will probably have the same attitudes.
• B) to differentiate jurors who can be persuaded by emotion from those most likely to be persuaded by reason.
• C) to exclude jurors from the pool of potential jurors so they will not be called for jury duty on particular cases.
• D) for none of these reasons.

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Definitions:

Sample Means

The average values derived from samples, considered as estimations of the population mean, crucial in the field of inferential statistics.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; a low standard deviation indicates that the values are close to the mean.

Population

The complete set of items or individuals that are the objects of a statistical study.

Simple Random Sample

A subset of a larger population in which every member has an equal chance of being selected, ensuring the sample’s representativeness.