In His Longitudinal Study of Transitions from School to Work

question 37

Short Answer

In his longitudinal study of transitions from school to work, Krahn found that Grade 12 high school students with at least one ________ were more likely to be enrolled in an academic program and had overall higher educational and occupational aspirations than their peers without this characteristic.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that indicates the dispersion or variability of a set of data points in relation to their mean.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a data set or distribution differ from each other and from the central value (mean or median).

Mean

The statistical measure that divides the sum of all values in a data set by the number of values, commonly known as the average.

Median

A statistical measure representing the middle value in a data set, where half the numbers are above and half are below it.