In the Criminal Case Involving Martha Stewart,a Federal Appellate Court

question 13

Multiple Choice

In the criminal case involving Martha Stewart,a federal appellate court ruled that:

• A)Stewart's trial should have been closed.
• B)the trial should have been open.
• C)most of the jury selection process should have been open.
• D)Stewart should not have been given home confinement.
• E)television coverage of the trial should have been allowed.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A type of hypothesis used in statistics that suggests there is no significant difference or effect in a particular condition, serving as a default position until evidence suggests otherwise.

P < .05

A statistical threshold indicating that the probability of observing the obtained result, or more extreme, if the null hypothesis is true, is less than 5%.

T-test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups or test a single mean against a known value.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it defines the cutoff between significance and non-significance.