A Researcher Tests All the Students in One College and Finds

question 95

Multiple Choice

A researcher tests all the students in one college and finds that the first-borns have higher GPAs than later-born children, on the average. One possible explanation is that the results reflect the influence of birth order. The other explanation is that the results depend on differences between

• A) motivated students and unmotivated students.
• B) one-child families and larger families.
• C) longitudinal studies and cross-sectional studies.
• D) left-handers and right-handers.

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