Twenty-Five Percent of a Sample of 200 Professional Tennis Players

question 91

True/False

Twenty-five percent of a sample of 200 professional tennis players indicated that their parents did not play tennis. This is an example of descriptive statistics as opposed to inferential statistics.

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Definitions:

Situational Factors

External conditions or events that influence an individual's behavior or outcomes, often beyond their control.

Personal Factors

Characteristics inherent to an individual that influence behavior and performance, such as personality traits, values, and abilities.

Operant Conditioning

Is the control of behavior by manipulating its consequences.

Negative Reinforcement

Strengthens a behavior by making the avoidance of an undesirable consequence contingent on its occurrence.