Measures of central tendency are given this label because they tend to _____
a. fall toward the center of a distribution, where most scores are located
b. be central to our understanding of statistics
c. indicate how far scores deviate from the center of a distribution
d. all of the above
(a) fall toward the center of a distribution, where most scores are located
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
DHS doesn’t know or doesn’t want us to know how effective its border-security efforts are because
a. most of them feel that they really aren't doing that good of a job, but they want to hide that fact to increase their budget. b. there are too many variables to consider in whether or not something could be considered a preventable terrorist attack. c. they use a metric of “number of apprehensions” to say they are doing an effective job, which is a measure of activity, not program results. d. not enough time has passed for them to effectively evaluate most program results.
The critics view that situational crime prevention perspective on crime places the burden of crime prevention efforts on _______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
When a juvenile is placed on informal probation, this is known as:
A. adjudication B. diversion C. a consent decree D. deferred status