The Brutalization Effect Refers to The

question 11

Multiple Choice

The brutalization effect refers to the:

• A) tendency of juries to give more weight to aggravating factors in capital cases.
• B) conclusion that executions increase murder rates.
• C) suggestion that brutal methods of execution like the electric chair decrease murder rates.
• D) likelihood that repeat offenders are more likely to be sentenced to death.

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Definitions:

P-value

The chance of witnessing outcomes in a test that are as or more extreme than what was actually seen, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

Significance Level

A threshold set by researchers in hypothesis testing that determines the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis, often denoted by alpha (α).

Rejection Region

The region in the sampling distribution of a statistic that leads to the rejection of the null hypothesis.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test, used to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.