EQUIRED TEXT: Miethe. Terance D. Simple Statistics/Applications in Criminology and Criminal Justice Roxbury Publishing Company Los Angeles, CA. ISBN 978-1-933220-06-6
Reading Assignment #4
Chapters 7 & 8
Chapter 7: The Normal Curve and Sampling Distributions &
Chapter 8: Parameter Estimation and Confidence Intervals
Date Due: Februrary 21, 2026
Possible Points: 50
Project Duration: 6-8 hours
Deliverable Length: 2-3 pages
Define the following key terms: ( Please number your definitions and put your name on your paper and list reference(s)
If the above information above is not included points will be deducted.
- Binomial Distribution
- Confidence Intervals
- Central Limit Theorem
- Confidence Level
- Chi- Square Distribution
- Margin of Error
- Degrees of Freedom
- Parameter Estimation
- Normal Probability Distribution
- Population Parameters
- F- Distribution
- Sample Distribution
- Statistical Inference
- Standard Error of the Estimate
- t-Distribution
- Random Samples
- z-Scores
Write a two-page paper highlighting what you learned from reading chapters 7 & 8. The paper must be in your own words.
Requirements: as needed

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