Professor Murphy Wants to Set Up a Control Chart to Monitor

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Essay

Professor Murphy wants to set up a control chart to monitor the percentage of absenteeism in his introductory statistics course (50 students are registered).Absences per period for the last 15 class sessions are in the table below.Find the empirical control limits for a p-chart to be used in the future for monitoring class attendance (assuming that past experience is the appropriate attainable centerline for class absences).

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Definitions:

Cognitive Learning

A theory of learning that explains how people process information, develop understanding, and solve problems through thought, experience, and the senses.

Higher Order

Cognitive processes that involve complex thinking skills such as reasoning, decision-making, and problem-solving beyond basic perceptual and motor skills.

Operant Conditioning

A technique of teaching that involves the use of positive reinforcement and disciplinary actions for conduct.

Response Generalization

The process whereby a behavior, once learned in response to a specific stimulus, is performed in the presence of other, similar stimuli.