East Asians Have a Much Higher Probability of Having the S

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Essay

East Asians have a much higher probability of having the S allele of the serotonin transporter gene than people living in many other parts of the world.There is a positive correlation between the percentage of S allele carriers and a culture's rating on a scale from individualistic to collectivistic.What does this correlation mean at the population level? How do individuals with the S allele vary from those with the L allele,individually and within societal context?

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Definitions:

Continuous

A type of data or function that can take any value within a given range, without any breaks or discrete jumps.

Categorical

Refers to data or variables that represent categories, such as 'gender' or 'type of car', where the categories do not have a natural order.

Correlation Coefficient

A numerical measure that indicates the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together.

Independent Variable

An independent variable is the condition or factor that is manipulated by a researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.