In a Clinical Test with 8900 Subjects, 4450 Showed Improvement

question 123

Multiple Choice

In a clinical test with 8900 subjects, 4450 showed improvement from the treatment. Find the margin of error for the 99% confidence interval used to estimate the population proportion.

• A) 0.00780
• B) 0.0137
• C) 0.0120
• D) 0.0104

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was initially conditioned.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations toward a desired behavior.

FR Schedule

Fixed Ratio Schedule, a type of reinforcement schedule used in behavioral psychology where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.