Every alternate day, quality control inspectors at McHeinz Inc. randomly select items from an assembly line for inspection, and compliment the workers for every product that meets their expectations on quality. However, they vary the number of items they inspect each time.This motivates the employees to put in more effort to ensure that all the items are of the required quality. What reinforcement schedule are the quality control inspectors using?
A) Variable-interval
B) Variable-fixed
C) Fixed-ratio
D) Fixed-interval
E) Variable-ratio

Question

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Since the number of items that workers get complimented for may vary at a fixed intervals of time between schedules, the number of behaviors needed for each reinforcement varies. The workers are complimented based on a variable-ratio schedule.

Every Alternate Day, Quality Control Inspectors at McHeinz Inc