Marcus Is in Vegas and Starts to Play a Slot

question 50

Multiple Choice

Marcus is in Vegas and starts to play a slot machine.On his first pull,he wins $1.On his second pull,he wins nothing; on his third pull,he wins nothing,and on his fourth pull,he wins a dollar.Marcus is on which schedule of reinforcement?

• A)fixed-ratio
• B)variable-ratio
• C)fixed-interval
• D)variable-interval

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Definitions:

Upper Quartile

The value below which 75% of the observations in a group of data fall, marking the upper 25% of the data.

Weights

A measure of the heaviness of an object or the importance assigned to elements in a computational operation.

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Whiskers

In a box plot, the lines that extend from the quartiles to the furthest data points within a reasonable range, representing the spread of the bulk of the data.