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I. Two Examples of a Hypothesis Are

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i. Two examples of a hypothesis are:
1) mean monthly income from all sources for senior citizens is $841 and
2) twenty percent of juvenile offenders ultimately are caught and sentenced to prison.
ii. Since there is more variability in sample means computed from smaller samples, we have more
Confidence in the resulting estimates and are less apt to reject null hypothesis.
iii. We call a statement about the value of a population parameter a hypothesis.

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Definitions:

Instrumental Conditioning

Another term for operant conditioning, a learning process in which behavior is modified by the reinforcing or punishing consequences that follow.

Operant Conditioning

is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning method where two stimuli are consistently associated, leading to the response initially triggered by the second stimulus to be later triggered by the first stimulus independently.

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