A Recent Report Stating That "Eighty Percent of Prisoners in the United

question 198

Multiple Choice

A recent report stating that "Eighty percent of prisoners in the United States were spanked as children" is problematic because

• A) it was derived from a survey study.
• B) correlation does not prove causation.
• C) the experiment that reached this conclusion cannot be replicated.
• D) This finding is not problematic.

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Definitions:

Valet

A service employee who parks cars for guests at venues, hotels, or restaurants.

Rebuttable Presumption

A legal assumption made by a court that is taken as true unless someone comes forward to contest it and prove otherwise.

Bailee

A person or entity temporarily holding property on behalf of another, under a bailment agreement, wherein the bailee is responsible for the safeguarding of the property.

Negligence

The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in similar circumstances, leading to harm or damage.