TABLE 13-12 The Manager of the Purchasing Department of a Large Saving

question 183

Multiple Choice

TABLE 13-12
The manager of the purchasing department of a large saving and loan organization would like to develop a model to predict the amount of time (measured in hours) it takes to record a loan application. Data are collected from a sample of 30 days, and the number of applications recorded and completion time in hours is recorded. Below is the regression output:

Note: 4.3946E-15 is 4.3946 ×



-Referring to Table 13-12, the estimated mean amount of time it takes to record one additional loan application is

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An educational method involving the repeated pairing of two stimuli, resulting in a reaction initially provoked by the second stimulus being eventually provoked by the first stimulus.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Primary Reinforcer

A naturally reinforcing stimulus, such as food or water, that does not require learning to become desirable.

Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect

A phenomenon where behaviors reinforced intermittently are more resistant to extinction than behaviors reinforced continuously.