Which of the Following Is Not a Ridge Characteristic of a Fingerprint

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a ridge characteristic of a fingerprint?

• A) Island
• B) Bifurcation
• C) Ridge ending
• D) Core
• E) Enclosure

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Definitions:

Variance

A statistical measure that represents the dispersion or spread of a set of data points around their mean value.

Coefficient of Determination

A statistical measure that represents the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.

Correlation

A statistical measure that expresses the extent to which two variables change together, ranging from -1 to 1.

Pearson Correlation

A measure of the linear relationship between two variables, ranging from -1 to 1, where 1 means a perfect positive correlation and -1 means a perfect negative correlation.