As a Rat in a Skinner Box Presses a Lever,a

question 39

Multiple Choice

As a rat in a Skinner Box presses a lever,a machine documents each lever press over time.What is the term for the pattern of data that is produced by that machine

• A) acquisition
• B) reinforcement contingency 
• C) conditional response
• D) cumulative record

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution.

T Procedure

A statistical method used for hypothesis testing and constructing confidence intervals, especially useful when the sample size is small.

Equal Variances

A condition in which two or more groups have the same variance, often assumed in parametric tests comparing groups.

Pooled Two-sample T Procedure

A statistical method used to test if there is a difference between the means of two populations, assuming equal variances.