The Greater the Distance from the Hearth the Less Likely

question 15

Multiple Choice

The greater the distance from the hearth the less likely an innovation will be adopted.This is referred to as:

• A) inverse innovation rule
• B) adoption avoidance
• C) distance decay
• D) cultural repulsion

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Definitions:

Expected Value

The expected value is the long-run average value of repetitions of an experiment it represents, often used in probability and statistics.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that represents the likelihood of observing a certain number of events within a specified time or space interval.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming these events occur with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Discrete Random Variable

A variable that takes on a countable number of distinct values, often used in probability theory and statistics.