Provide an Appropriate Response

question 33

Essay

Provide an appropriate response.
-Probabilities are useful in the decision-making process. Suppose a random sample of 152 students was surveyed regarding an instructor's teaching. Suppose 105 students rated the instructor either excellent or above average on lecture presentations, 96 students rated the instructor as giving difficult or very difficult assignments and tests. Would you take this instructor for a class? Discuss the influence of probabilities on making this decision.

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Definitions:

Mediator Variable

A variable that explains the mechanism through which an independent variable influences a dependent variable in a causal relationship.

Predictor Variable

A variable, often designated as the independent variable, that is used to make predictions about (or is assumed to cause) changes in another variable.

Criterion Variable

The variable that is predicted or explained in a study, often considered the outcome or dependent variable.

Latent Class Analysis

A statistical method used to identify subgroups within a population that share certain characteristics, without these groups being previously known.