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The Isle of Wight Studies in England (Rutter, Yule, Morton

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The Isle of Wight studies in England (Rutter, Yule, Morton, and Bagley, 1975) identified four risk factors that contribute to delinquency, school failure, and mental health problems. Which of the following is NOT associated with these findings?


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Restriction Of Range

A problem when scores on a variable are limited to a small subset of their possible values; this makes it more difficult to identify relationships of the variable to other variables of interest.

Correlation Coefficients

Numerical measures indicating the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two quantifiable variables.

Sample

A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation, or questioning to provide statistical information about the population.

Regression Equation

A mathematical formula used to predict the value of a dependent variable based on one or more independent variables.

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