What Does It Mean If the Heritability Estimate of Conscientiousness

question 36

Multiple Choice

What does it mean if the heritability estimate of conscientiousness in a population is .27?

• A) Out of 100 people, approximately 27 will have inherited traits for high conscientiousness
• B) Twenty-seven percent of an individual's conscientiousness traits are explained by his or her genes.
• C) Genes explain 27% of the population variance in conscientiousness
• D) Twenty-seven percent of the population will have conscientiousness traits explained entirely by their genes.

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Definitions:

Power of a Test

The power of a test refers to the probability that the test correctly rejects a false null hypothesis, essentially measuring the test's ability to detect an effect or difference when there is one.

Rejecting

The act of dismissing the null hypothesis when the evidence suggests it's unlikely to be true.

Traffic Jam

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Odds

The ratio of the probability of an event happening to the probability of it not happening, often used in gambling and statistics.