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Elementary Statistics | 12th Edition | ISBN: 9780321836960 | Authors: Mario F. Triola

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Prison and Plea. In Exercises 1–10, use the data in the accompanying table (based on data from “Does It Pay to Plead Guilty? Differential Sentencing and the Functioning of the Criminal Courts,” by Brereton and Casper, Law and Society Review, Vol. 16, No. 1). Express all probabilities as decimal numbers.

	Guilty Plea	Plea of Not Guilty
Sentenced to Prison	392	58
Not Sentenced to Prison	564	14

Prison and Plea If 2 different study subjects are randomly selected, find the probability that they both were sentenced to prison.

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Prison and Plea. In Exercises 1–10, use the data in the accompanying table (based on data from “Does It Pay to Plead Guilty? Differential Sentencing and the Functioning of the Criminal Courts,” by Brereton and Casper, Law and Society Review, Vol. 16, No. 1). Express all probabilities as decimal numbers.

	Guilty Plea	Plea of Not Guilty
Sentenced to Prison	392	58
Not Sentenced to Prison	564	14

Prison and Plea If 2 different study subjects are randomly selected, find the probability that they both were sentenced to prison.

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