The Registrar Has Nominal-Level Data on Students' Racial Classification

question 22

Multiple Choice

The registrar has nominal-level data on students' racial classification. What would be an appropriate measure of central tendency to report?

• A) mean
• B) median
• C) mode
• D) percent distribution

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Definitions:

Resistance To Extinction

The persistence of learned behavior or response patterns even after the removal of the reinforcing stimulus.

Continuous Reinforcement

A learning process where a behavior is reinforced each time it occurs, leading to faster learning but quicker extinction once reinforcement stops.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning strategy where only a subset of responses is rewarded, leading to more resilient behavior than continuous reinforcement.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning principle where only some of the responses made are followed by reinforcement, leading to more resistant behavior to extinction.