Terman's Studies of Gifted Children Have Been Criticized Because

question 4

Multiple Choice

Terman's studies of gifted children have been criticized because

• A)the high level of attrition made interpretation impossible or highly speculative at best
• B)he used a cross-sectional strategy when he should have used a longitudinal strategy
• C)significant cohort effects existed
• D)his sample could have been more representative

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Definitions:

Random Variable

A random variable is a variable whose possible values are numerical outcomes of a random phenomenon.

Success Probability

The likelihood or chance of a particular event or outcome happening, often expressed in terms of percentage or decimal.

Poisson Random Variable

A statistical measure that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming these events happen with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Specified Interval

A defined range of values within which a particular parameter or statistic is expected to lie.