Behavioral Geneticists Use Heritability Coefficients _____

question 12

Multiple Choice

Behavioral geneticists use heritability coefficients _____.

• A) to determine whether there might be a hereditary basis for the differences people display on various attributes
• B) to determine whether various attributes are inherited
• C) both of these
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution.

One-sample

Involves statistical inference methods that compare the mean of a single sample to a known value or theoretical expectation.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information in a statistical calculation, often equal to the sample size minus the number of parameters estimated.

Categories

Groups or classes into which data or objects are organized based on shared characteristics.