Let's Say That We Measure the Height of Every Student

question 244

Multiple Choice

Let's say that we measure the height of every student in your class and conclude that the heritability coefficient is + .75. This means that

• A)height is genetically determined
• B)about 75% of height variation in the class is due to genetic factors
• C)about 75% of height variation in the class is due to environmental factors
• D)height in the general population is about 75% genetic
• E)we made an error-heritability cannot exceed + 0.50

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