The Most Important Factor in the Majority of the Cases,more

question 17

Multiple Choice

The most important factor in the majority of the cases,more than 75 percent,where DNA evidence led to the overturning of a unjust conviction of an innocent person was

• A)the use of "junk" science.
• B)faulty eyewitness identification.
• C)false confessions.
• D)the use of jailhouse snitches.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An index quantifying how data varies in relation to the average, representing the range of data dispersal.

Normally Distributed

A statistical term describing data that follows a bell curve pattern, where most observations fall around the mean, and probabilities for values decrease as they move away from the mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.

Mean Age

The mean age of a specific group or population, determined by adding together the ages of all members and then dividing by the total number of members.