Which of the Following Provides the Strongest Evidence of the Role

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following provides the strongest evidence of the role of heredity in determining intelligence?

• A)The IQ scores of identical twins raised separately are more similar than those of fraternal twins raised together.
• B)The intelligence scores of fraternal twins are more similar than those of ordinary siblings.
• C)The intelligence scores of identical twins raised together are more similar than those of identical twins raised apart.
• D)The intelligence scores of adopted children show relatively weak correlations with scores of adoptive as well as biological parents.

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Definitions:

Sum Of Squares

A statistical measure used to describe the dispersion or variability within a data set, calculated as the sum of the squared differences from the mean.

Error

The difference between the observed value and the true value due to measurement or estimation inaccuracies.

Multiple Regression Analysis

A method in statistics that employs multiple predictor variables to estimate the result of a dependent variable.

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors, a measure of the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model, indicating the total deviation of data points from the fitted values.