What is the fundamental difference between theoretical predictions and empirical outcomes?

What will be an ideal response?


What is expected does not always come to pass. Probability theory guides what empirical results would be expected based on pure mathematical calculations. However, in the real world, even those within the field of statistics do not always come to fruition. Therefore, in the real world, what is observed might deviate somewhat from what is expected.

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The principle of ___________________________ states that a person becomes criminal because of an excess of definitions favorable to violation of the law over definitions unfavorable to the violation of the law

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Deterrence is a concept of punishment for a general behavior

a. True b. False

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What branch of the government manages federal prisons?

a. Federal Bureau of Prisons b. Federal Probation and Parole Supervision c. State Correctional Systems d. State Community Correctional Systems e. State Institutions for Women

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By 1930, there were two major Mafia factions in New York, one headed by ______________ operating out of the Little Italy of East Harlem, and the other by ______________ whose business office was in midtown Manhattan

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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