During the 1600s and 1700s, England implemented a form of punishment known as (the)_______________ on a widespread scale. During this time, criminals were sent to the American colonies under reprieve and through stays of execution. Thus, the convicts had their lives spared, but this form of mercy was generally only implemented to solve a labor shortage that existed within the American colonies.

a. ticket-of-leave
b. banishment
c. mark system
d. chain gang


b. banishment

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A ________ statement involves the articulation of an image for a better future

a. Vision b. Mission c. Value d. Planning e. All of the above.

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If we have constructed all possible 99% confidence intervals around sample means of 50 that could be drawn from a population of 2000, this means that:

a. 99% of the sample means have a good likelihood of being near the population mean. b. 1 percent of the means are near the population mean. c. 10% of all sample means may lie near the population mean. d. 99% of the sample means do not lie near the population mean.

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In 2014, marijuana law violations accounted for ________ percent of all drug arrests in the United States.

A. 10
B. 20
C. 40
D. 60

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In terms of findings/recommendations, what is the primary similarity among the three studies noted in the chapter?

What will be an ideal response?

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