Normally Distributed Observations Such as a Person's Weight, Height or Shoe

question 60

Short Answer

Normally distributed observations such as a person's weight, height or shoe size occur quite frequently in nature. Business people who are aware of this use it to their advantage. A purchasing agent for a college bookstore buying 300 golf shirts used the normal curve to decide on the order quantities for the various sizes. If men's average shirt size is 15.5 with a standard deviation of .50,_____ shirts should be ordered in sizes over 16.5?

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Definitions:

Associative Learning

The process by which an individual learns to connect two stimuli or a behavior and its consequence, forming new knowledge.

Sensitization

An increased reaction to a stimulus following repeated exposure to it, often used in the context of drug addiction or allergy.

Behaviorism

A theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his work in classical conditioning, demonstrating how stimuli can be associated with reflexes in dogs.