If You Wish to Determine Whether There Is Evidence That

question 81

Multiple Choice

If you wish to determine whether there is evidence that the proportion of items of interest is
Higher in group 1 than in group 2, the appropriate test to use is

• A) the Z test for the difference between two proportions.
• B) the F test for the ratio of variances.
• C) the pooled-variance t test for the difference between two proportions.
• D) the F test for the difference between two proportions.

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Definitions:

Backward Conditioning

A less common form of classical conditioning where the unconditioned stimulus is presented before the conditioned stimulus.

Learned Response

A behavior that has been acquired or modified as a result of experience or conditioning.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency; in biology, the dying out of a species.

Commission

An instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people.