A Major Fast-Food Chain Has Installed a Device That Measures

question 104

True/False

A major fast-food chain has installed a device that measures the temperature of the hamburgers on the grill. These data are stored in a computer file. If you were to analyze these data, you would be working with ordinal level data.

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Definitions:

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that strengthens or increases the likelihood of a behavior by its occurrence.

Contingency Management

A behavioral therapy technique that modifies behavior by changing the consequences that are contingent upon that behavior.

Assessment

The process of evaluating or estimating the nature, ability, or quality of something, often for purposes of education or psychology.

Contingency Management

A behavioral therapy technique based on the modification of behavior by changing the consequences of behaviors.