If 250 Workers Are Unemployed for a Period of One

question 45

Essay

If 250 workers are unemployed for a period of one month, 150 for a period of six months, and 100 for a period of 12 months in a given year, how many spells and months of unemployment occur during a year?

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Definitions:

Falsifiable

A characteristic of a theory that presents the possibility of being proven false by observation or experiment.

Replicable Results

Results that can be consistently repeated or duplicated in scientific experimentation, ensuring reliability.

Wish Fulfillment

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to the satisfaction of a desire through dreaming or fantasizing.

Reinforcement

In behaviorism, a consequence that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.