Consider the Following Scenario: School Board Members Are Debating a Policy

question 33

Multiple Choice

Consider the following scenario: School board members are debating a policy change that would increase the police presence at the local high school.What course of action might a sociologist recommend before making a decision?

• A)assigning police to schools based on the per pupil percentage of disciplinary infractions
• B)letting the principal decide based on what he thought worked at the high school he attended
• C)analyzing the factors that are of concern,including social and historical patterns
• D)letting the students vote

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypotheses

In statistical hypothesis testing, it is the hypothesis that proposes a difference or effect, in contrast to the null hypothesis which proposes no effect or relationship.

Type II Error

Refers to the error that occurs when a statistical test fails to reject a false null hypothesis.

Type I Error

Falsely rejecting a true null hypothesis, widely recognized as a "false positive."

Control Limits

The bounds used in control charts to signal when a process is in or out of control, based upon the statistical properties of the monitored process.