Researchers Have Cited the Likelihood That _____ as a Reason

question 29

Multiple Choice

Researchers have cited the likelihood that _____ as a reason that adoptees display more learning problems and emotional difficulties than their nonadopted peers later in childhood and adolescence.

• A) the rearing environments that adoptive parents provide may not be closely compatible with an adopted child's own genetic predispositions
• B) prior to their adoptions, many adoptees were mistreated and have special needs
• C) both of these
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, often denoted by alpha and used in statistical hypothesis testing.

Fisher's Exact

A test for determining statistical significance in contingency table analysis, specifically designed for small sample sizes.

Nonparametric Tests

Statistical tests that are not based on the assumption that the data follows a particular distribution, used especially for ordinal or nominal data.

Likelihood

Likelihood in statistical analysis is the probability that a particular set of observations would occur given a specific model.