What Happened After Quebec Introduced Its Early Childhood Education and Care

question 86

Multiple Choice

What happened after Quebec introduced its Early Childhood Education and Care Policy in 2000?

• A)nearly every child in Quebec was registered in a regulated daycare
• B)there was a substantial increase in the employment of women from two-parent families
• C)other provinces quickly adopted the same program
• D)allowances for childcare were given directly to families instead of funding centres

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Definitions:

Matched Pairs Experiment

An experimental design in which participants are paired based on certain criteria, with one member of each pair receiving each treatment.

Z-Statistic

A statistical measure that represents the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of a data set, used in hypothesis testing.

P-Value

A statistical measure that helps researchers determine the significance of their experiment’s results, often indicating the probability of obtaining the observed results if the null hypothesis were true.

Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test

A nonparametric test used to compare two paired groups to determine if their mean ranks differ.