Suppose there is a perfect relationship between being convicted of a crime (X) and being sentenced to jail (Y) in a sample of criminal defendants. Which of the following statements can we conclude?
A) Just as many defendants not convicted of a crime were sentenced to jail as were those who were convicted.
B) All cases in each column of a bivariate table would be located in a single cell.
C) There is maximum variation in jail sentencing for each category of crime conviction.
D) We are unable to predict jail sentencing on the basis of crime conviction.

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In a perfect relationship, all cases would fall into a single cell, indicating that being convicted directly leads to being sentenced to jail without exception.

Suppose There Is a Perfect Relationship Between Being Convicted of a Crime