In the Past, the Average Waiting Time Per Customer at a Fast

question 164

Multiple Choice

In the past, the average waiting time per customer at a fast food restaurant has been 7.5 minutes. The customer waiting time has a normal distribution. The manager claims that the use of a new cashier system will decrease the average customer waiting time in the store. A random sample of 16 customer transactions produces a mean waiting time of 6.3 minutes and a standard deviation of 2 minutes.
-Give a range for the p-value for this test.

• A)0.01 < p-value < 0.025
• B)0.001 < p-value < 0.005
• C)0.005 < p-value < 0.01
• D)0.05 < p-value < 0.10
• E)0.025 < p-value < 0.05

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding closer and closer approximations to the desired behavior.

Successive Approximations

The process of reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly closer to the target behavior, commonly used in operant conditioning.

Desired Response

The targeted outcome or behavior that a stimulus or intervention aims to elicit.

Generalization

The tendency to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli, often used in learning theories.