The Textbook States That Peers Are Important for All of the Following

question 57

Multiple Choice

The textbook states that peers are important for all of the following reasons, except:

• A) students whose friends are more engaged in school are themselves more engaged.
• B) students with best friends who achieve high grades in school are more likely to show improvements in their own grades than are students who begin at similar levels of achievement but whose friends are not high achievers.
• C) peers play an especially important role in girls' decisions to take math and science classes.
• D) adolescents with an extremely high orientation toward peers tend to perform better in school.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A calculated value from sample data used to test a hypothesis against a null hypothesis.

Independent Samples

Two or more groups of samples that are collected from separate populations and are not related or paired in any way.

Significance Level

The threshold below which a p-value results in the rejection of a null hypothesis, indicating statistical significance; commonly set at 0.05 or 5%.

Population Locations

Refers to the geographical distribution or positioning of individuals within a specified area.