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You are watching a rat pressing a lever in a Skinner box to obtain food pellets.The rat is pressing the lever at a slow,steady rate,but it does not stop,even when a food pellet is delivered.In this example,the reinforcement schedule that is in place is MOST likely


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Linear Regression

A statistical method for modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables by fitting a linear equation to the data.

Residuals

The differences between observed values and the expected values predicted by a model.

Fitted Values

Estimates or predictions generated by a statistical model that represent the best guesses for the dependent variable based on the model and the input values.

Constant Variance

The condition in which the variance of the error terms in a regression model is the same across all levels of the independent variable.

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