In Cohen V

question 9

Multiple Choice

In Cohen v.California a man had been convicted for displaying a jacket with profane language in a courthouse corridor.Did the Supreme Court uphold the conviction?

• A)Yes,because the message amounted to "fighting words."
• B)Yes,because the language was obscene.
• C)No,because evidence showed that no one was actually offended by the language.
• D)No,because the state failed to demonstrate a compelling reason for the prosecution.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists in the case under investigation.

P-value

The p-value is a statistical measurement used to assess the strength of the results in hypothesis testing; it indicates the probability of observing the study results, or more extreme results, if the null hypothesis were true.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution without violating any constraint.

Significance Level

The threshold used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis, commonly denoted as alpha (α).