The Cumulative-Deficit Hypothesis Is Intended to Explain

question 217

Multiple Choice

The cumulative-deficit hypothesis is intended to explain

• A)family budgeting in which expenses outpace income.
• B)why impoverished children suffer from declining IQ.
• C)why those with inferior genotypes are low achievers.
• D)the importance of financial planning for college.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is in fact true. It is used to determine the threshold of statistical significance.

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a population's values, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the population mean.

Sample Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a sample dataset, calculating how much the sample data points deviate from the sample mean.

Equal

Being the same in value, quantity, or measure between two or more entities or conditions.