Mr Cortez Had a Good Conversation About the Fairness of Restitution

question 150

Multiple Choice

Mr. Cortez had a good conversation about the fairness of restitution and retribution with 9-year-old Sherrod. The next day, Sherrod still thought retribution was most fair. Scientific study shows us that talking about moral values with children _____.

• A) is a waste of time
• B) must be done after age 10
• C) will not bring about immediate change
• D) makes them more stubborn

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Definitions:

Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient

A rank correlation metric that does not rely on parametric assumptions to evaluate how effectively a monotonic function describes the connection between two variables.

Ordinal Variables

A type of variable where the order of the values is significant, but the differences between the values are not necessarily consistent.

Interval Variables

Interval variables are a type of quantitative variable that have ordered values with consistent differences but no true zero point, such as temperature in Celsius.

T-Table Values

Values in a table that represent critical values of the t-distribution used in hypothesis testing, dependent on the desired significance level and degrees of freedom.