Causal Modeling Serbin and Colleagues (1990) Studied Differences in Boys

question 23

Multiple Choice

Causal Modeling Serbin and colleagues (1990) studied differences in boys' and girls'
Academic performance in elementary school.Using ____, they found that
Girls' academic performance was better explained by social responsiveness
And willingness to follow directions while the boys' performance was better
Predicted by their visuospatial skills.

• A)factor analysis
• B)multiple correlation
• C)path analysis
• D)simple correlation

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