Arthur Jensen's Analysis of the Effectiveness of Compensatory Education Programs

question 18

Multiple Choice

Arthur Jensen's analysis of the effectiveness of compensatory education programs for inner-city children arose especially great controversy because it

• A) suggested the programs had not worked as well as hoped.
• B) hypothesized that racial differences may have played a role in the disappointing performance of African American children.
• C) questioned the value of early education in mathematics.
• D) questioned the competence of the people who teach in inner city environments.

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Definitions:

Chi-squared Test

An analytical tool designed to assess if the observed frequencies differ significantly from those that were expected in one or more categories.

Normal Distribution

The distribution exhibits a symmetrical pattern centered on the mean, demonstrating the more common appearance of close-to-mean data than those at a distance.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of values in a study that are free to vary when statistics, like variance, are being calculated, influencing the shape of various distributions.

Parameters Estimated

The process of using sample data to estimate the values of parameters in a statistical model.