You Read About a Study Testing Whether Night Shift Workers

question 55

Multiple Choice

You read about a study testing whether night shift workers sleep the recommended 8 hours per day.Assuming that the population variance of sleep (per day) is unknown,what type of t test is appropriate for this study?

• A)one-sample t test
• B)two-independent sample t test
• C)There is not enough information to answer this question.

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Definitions:

Implosive Techniques

Therapeutic techniques intended to help individuals confront feared situations or thoughts in a controlled manner to reduce anxiety.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A process of learning in which behavior that leads to satisfying consequences is likely to be repeated.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a conditioned response is triggered by stimuli that are similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus.