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open-ended class

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open-ended class [¦ō·pən ¦en·dəd ′klas]
(statistics)
The first or last class interval in a frequency distribution having no upper or lower limit.


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Students classified as dualists by Perry's scheme were better able to contribute to class discussions when guided by scenarios rather than completely open-ended class discussions, because the scenarios provided more structure (Grossman, 1994).
An open-ended class consists of contiguous stimuli along some continuum, all of which occasion the same response that has been trained to one or a few of the stimuli in that range (Cook, Wright, & Krendrick, 1990; Fields & Reeve, 2001; Goldiamond, 1966; Hull, 1920; Keller & Schoenfeld, 1950; Lea, 1984; Reeve & Fields, 2001; Wasserman et al.
1988), all of the stimuli would be functioning as members of an open-ended class (Fields & Reeve, in press; Goldiamond, 1962; Herrnstein, 1990; Keller & Schoenfeld, 1950; Lea, 1984; Wasserman et al.
 
 
 
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