All of the Following Are True About the War on Drugs

question 41

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about the war on drugs and minorities EXCEPT:

• A) The result of more punitive minimum sentencing laws has resulted in a greater number of whites imprisoned
• B) Blacks are incarcerated for drug violations at a rate seventeen times that of non-Hispanic whites
• C) Hispanics are incarcerated for drug violations at a rate eight times that of non-Hispanic whites
• D) Although 70 percent of drug users are non Hispanic whites, 78 percent of those imprisoned for drug use are African American or Hispanic

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Standard Deviation

A parameter reflecting the extent of diversity or spread in a group of numbers.

Normally Distributed

A type of distribution in which data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values from the mean.

Finite Population Correction Factor

A factor applied in sample size formulae to adjust for the effect of sampling without replacement from a finite population.