Reviewing His Course Syllabi for the Term, Mark Realizes That

question 31

Multiple Choice

Reviewing his course syllabi for the term, Mark realizes that, in three weeks, he has three assignments due on the same day. He decides to do one assignment a week for the next three weeks so that all will be done by their due dates. Ron is demonstrating _____ thinking.

• A) preoperational
• B) concrete operational
• C) formal operational
• D) postformal

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A numerical value that represents a characteristic of a population, such as the population mean or variance.

Expected Value

The mean of all possible values for a random variable, weighted by their respective probabilities.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the mean.

Point Estimator

A point estimator is a statistic used to estimate the value of an unknown parameter of a population.