You enter a prison that has many inmates of varying ages. You must interview one inmate for a research project. This inmate should be just in the middle of the age distribution of inmates-that is, an inmate who is younger than half the other inmates and older than the other half. Which statistic should you use?
a. Standard deviation
b. Mean
c. Median
d. Mode
c. Median
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a. home-invading robberies. b. stop and robs. c. neighborhood mugging. d. smash and grabs.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The sentencing process has considerable potential for discrimination and errors. 2. Most people convicted of felonies in the United States are on probation. 3. Sentencing guidelines have been created to “equalize” or reduce the disparities in the sentencing process 4. Recent research has shown that Asians are sentenced more harshly than Blacks and Hispanics. 5. The War on Drugs has been shown to effectively reduce drug use in the United States.
Which ballot proposition passed in California in the 2010s?
A. abolishing capital punishment B. making capital punishment less expensive for taxpayers C. abolishing execution of people who have mental illness D. making the capital punishment appeals process more thorough
When filing out a citation, you must include which of the following?
A. date of the offense B. time of the offense C. day of the week of the offense D. all of the above