If Researchers Want to Investigate Whether a Personality Characteristic Is

question 148

Multiple Choice

If researchers want to investigate whether a personality characteristic is inherited,they can do this by:

• A)comparing monozygotic twins to dizygotic twins.
• B)comparing adopted children to their adoptive and birth families.
• C)Neither a nor b can help researchers discover if a personality characteristic is inherited.
• D)Both a and b can help researchers discover if a personality characteristic is inherited.

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Definitions:

y-Intercept Coefficient

The constant term in a linear regression model, representing the value of the dependent variable when all independent variables are set to zero.

Simple Linear Regression

A regression model that estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one independent variable using a straight line.

Sum of Squares

A statistical measure that quantifies the total deviation of each observation from the mean, used in variance and standard deviation calculations.

Regression

A statistical method used to determine the strength and character of the relationship between one dependent variable and one or more independent variables.