What Statistical Tool Can Help Clarify the Meaning of the Outcomes

question 13

Multiple Choice

What statistical tool can help clarify the meaning of the outcomes of numerous studies on gender differences?

• A)path analysis
• B)meta-analysis
• C)factor analysis
• D)regression analysis

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Definitions:

Causality

This refers to the relationship between cause and effect where one event (the cause) directly results in another event (the effect).

Morality

Refers to principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.

Assimilating Information

The process of absorbing and integrating new information into one's existing knowledge or understanding.

Adaptation

In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the process by which the human mind constructs its knowledge, both assimilating new information to existing knowledge structures or understandings, and accommodating those structures to create a better fit to what is new.