Robert Notices That Several Respondents Did Not Answer the Question

question 7

Multiple Choice

Robert notices that several respondents did not answer the question of whether they took out loans to fund their education. However, later in his survey, Robert finds that respondents told him about the source(s) and the amount(s) of their college loans. In handling the missing data on the question of whether or not they had a college loan, Robert's best approach is to:

• A)randomly assign values to the missing data.
• B)delete the cases with missing data from the analysis.
• C)assign the middle value to the cases with the missing data.
• D)use the information about amount and source of loans to assign values.
• E)ask the respondents to complete the survey a second time to get accurate responses.

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Definitions:

Deferred Imitation

The ability to replicate an action observed at an earlier time, even in the absence of the immediate presence of the original stimulus.

Symbolic Function

A cognitive ability emerging in early childhood, allowing for the representation of objects, events, and ideas through symbols such as words or images.

Conservation

Piaget’s term for awareness that two objects that are equal according to a certain measure remain equal in the face of perceptual alteration so long as nothing has been added to or taken away from either object.

Symbolic Function

The ability to use symbols or abstract signs to represent something beyond direct experience.