You Are Taking a Shower in Your Dorm and You

question 7

Multiple Choice

You are taking a shower in your dorm and you hear a toilet being flushed nearby.You briefly step out of the flow of water because you have learned that the water becomes very hot for a few moments after this happens.In this example,which of the following would be considered to be the discriminative stimulus?

• A) the avoidance of hot water
• B) the exposure to hot water
• C) stepping out of the shower
• D) the sound of the toilet being flushed
• E) exposure to the dorm bathroom

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Definitions:

Z-test

A statistical method employed to ascertain if there's a difference between the means of two populations when the variances are established and the sample size is significant.

Chi-square Goodness-of-fit

A statistical test that measures how well observed sample data fit the expected distribution from a given hypothesis.

Contingency Table

A type of table in a matrix format that displays the frequency distribution of the variables. It helps in analyzing the relationship between two categorical variables.

Qualitative Variables

Variables that express categorical data, representing types or qualities rather than numbers.