Exhibit 1-4 in Many Universities, Students Evaluate Their Professors by Means of Means

question 74

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 1-4
In many universities, students evaluate their professors by means of answering a questionnaire. Assume a questionnaire is distributed to a class of 45 students. Students are asked to answer the following:
1. Sex
2. Race (African descent, Caucasian, Other)
3. Age
4. Number of hours completed
5. Grade point average
6. My instructor is a very effective teacher
-Refer to Exhibit 4-1. How many observations are in this data set?

• A)5
• B)6
• C)3
• D)45

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Definitions:

Thorndike

Edward Thorndike was an American psychologist known for his work on the law of effect and animal learning through trial and error.

Insight

The understanding or awareness of one's own mental or emotional processes, often leading to a sudden and profound understanding of a problem or situation.

Conditioned Response

A conditioned response is an automatic response established by training to an ordinarily neutral stimulus.

Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a reflexive response without prior learning.