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

question 458

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 25% 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)about 25% of height variation in the class is due to environmental factors
• E)we made an error-heritability cannot exceed + 0.50

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