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Dennis Buys a Lottery Ticket Every Saturday,using the Same Set

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Dennis buys a lottery ticket every Saturday,using the same set of numbers.Although he has only won $25 on one occasion,he keeps buying the tickets.In fact,he's a little afraid that if he doesn't buy a ticket,that would be the one that would win really big.The fact that Dennis seems addicted to buying lottery tickets is a common characteristic of which schedule of reinforcement?


Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement proposing a relationship between variables, differing from the null hypothesis, and is tested for possible acceptance.

µ

The symbol for the mean (average) of a population in statistics.

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistical testing that assumes there is no significant difference between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

Means

Statistical measure referring to the average or central value of a set of numbers.

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