A Multinational Firm Manufactures Several Types of 1280 × 1024

question 45

Multiple Choice

A multinational firm manufactures several types of 1280 × 1024 LCD displays in several locations.They designed a sampling experiment to analyze the number of pixels per screen that have significant color degradation after 52,560 hours (six years of continuous use) using accelerated life testing.The Excel ANOVA table for their experiment is shown below.Some table entries have been obscured.The response variable (Y) is the number of degraded pixels in a given display. How many countries were studied?

• A) 1
• B) 2
• C) 3
• D) 4

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Definitions:

Respondent Behavior

Behavior that occurs as an automatic response to a certain stimulus, often without conscious intent.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, innate reaction to a stimulus that occurs without prior conditioning or learning.

Negatively Reinforced

A behavior strengthened because a negative condition is removed or avoided as a consequence of the behavior.

Positively Punished

The addition of an unpleasant stimulus in response to a behavior, resulting in a decrease in the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.