After Reviewing an Enormous Number of Observations of Infants' Movement

question 3

Multiple Choice

After reviewing an enormous number of observations of infants' movement, Adolph and colleagues (2008) concluded that

• A)consistent performance of a motor skill develops in a single instance .
• B)it takes about 13 starts and stops over a period of time to develop consistent performance of a motor skill.
• C)it takes about 130 starts and stops over a period of time to develop consistent performance of a motor skill.
• D)it takes about 1,300 starts and stops over a period of time to develop consistent performance of a motor skill.

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Definitions:

Estimated Line of Cost Behavior

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Least-Squares Regression Method

A statistical method used to estimate the relationship between variables by minimizing the differences between the observed values and the values predicted by a linear function.

Cost Behavior

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