Evidence of a defendant's prior conviction
A. is never allowed at trial.
B. is usually introduced by the prosecution.
C. increases the likelihood of an acquittal on a subsequent charge.
D. increases the likelihood of a conviction on a subsequent charge.
D
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a. reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the variables are independent b. reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the variables are related c. fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the variables are independent d. fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the variables are related
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a. 0.1094 c. 0.0609 b. 0.0156 d. 0.0938
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A) Head and facial malformations B) Low birth weight C) Addiction to alcohol at birth D) Dysfunction of the central nervous system