A College Instructor Implements the Following Attendance Policy

question 229

Multiple Choice

A college instructor implements the following attendance policy.All students are given 20 bonus points at the start of the semester.Each absence will result in the loss of 5 bonus points.The instructor hopes this policy will _____ absences.

• A)positively reinforce
• B)negatively reinforce
• C)positively punish
• D)negatively punish

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

A probability distribution of a statistic obtained from a large number of samples drawn from a specific population.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the values by the number of values.

Central Limit Theorem

Theorem stating that sample means are approximately normally distributed for an infinite number of random samples drawn from a population.

Population Mean

The average value of a population's characteristics.