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A company selling new econometrics computer software advertises that firms using this software obtain,on average during the first year,a yield of at least 10% on their initial investments.A random sample of 10 of the franchises that used the software produced the following yields for the first year of operation: 9.4,11.1,10.4,10.5,11.2,8.2,8.5,4.0,8.8,and 6.1.Assume that population yields are normally distributed.
-Calculate the sample mean and sample standard deviation.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer and is used to increase the likelihood of a response.

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus whose removal or avoidance following a specific behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.

Extinction

Extinction in psychology refers to the diminishing of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is withheld; in biology, it pertains to the disappearance of species.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus.