Jake Grew Up in a Really Religious Home, but When

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Jake grew up in a really religious home, but when he is at university he never goes to church.He considers how rarely he goes to church without his family, and decides that religion must not be very important to him.Jake's experience is best explained by social comparison theory.

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Regression Sum Of Squares

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Adjusted Coefficient

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Explanatory Variable

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Error Sum Of Squares

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