The Oxnard Retailers Anti-Theft Alliance (ORATA)published a Study That Claimed

question 92

Multiple Choice

The Oxnard Retailers Anti-Theft Alliance (ORATA) published a study that claimed the causes of disappearance of inventory in retail stores were 30 percent shoplifting,50 percent employee theft,and 20 percent faulty paperwork.The manager of the Melodic Kortholt Outlet performed an audit of the disappearance of 80 items and found the frequencies shown below.She would like to know if her store's experience follows the same pattern as other retailers. Using α = .05,what can you conclude from your analysis?

• A) The store's pattern is clearly significantly different from the published data.
• B) The store's pattern is almost,but not quite,significantly different from the published data.
• C) The store's pattern is very close to the published data.
• D) We can form no conclusion because Cochran's Rule is violated.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning process where a naturally occurring stimulus is paired with a response. Over time, this response becomes conditioned to the stimulus.

Air Horn

A pneumatic device designed to create an extremely loud noise for the purposes of signaling or attracting attention, commonly used in sports events and emergencies.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, used in classical conditioning experiments.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally triggers a reflexive or involuntary response without the need for prior learning.