Frequent Developmental Assessments Are Important for Which Reason

question 15

Multiple Choice

Frequent developmental assessments are important for which reason?

• A) Stable developmental periods during infancy provide an opportunity to identify any delays or deficits.
• B) Infants need stimulation specific to the stage of development.
• C) Critical periods of development occur during childhood.
• D) Child development is unpredictable and needs monitoring.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to its mean, indicating how much the values in the data set vary from the average.

Normally Distributed

Describes a data set whose distribution forms a symmetric, bell-shaped curve around the mean.

Top 10%

A term used to denote the upper 10 percentile of a data set or distribution, representing values higher than 90% of the others.

Hypothesized Population Mean

A specific value that represents the average outcome we propose or expect for a population in hypothesis testing.