The Text's MAIN Message Is That Early Childhood Poverty

question 42

Multiple Choice

The text's MAIN message is that early childhood poverty:

• A) always has a serious negative impact on development.
• B) can have a serious negative impact on development, unless caregivers are upbeat, sensitive, and loving.
• C) has little impact on development if, during elementary school, a family is no longer poor.
• D) is rare in the United States.

Identify alternatives to random assignment in experiments.

Explain how confounding variables affect internal validity in experiments.

Describe the rationale behind random assignment in experiments.

Interpret correlation coefficients and their implications.

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Definitions:

Causality

The concept that an event (the cause) directly leads to another event (the effect) through a causal relationship.

Correlations

Statistical measures that denote the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together.

Structural Equation Modeling

A multivariate statistical analysis technique that is used to analyze structural relationships between measured variables and latent constructs.

Confirmatory

Referring to analyses or studies aimed at confirming or validating a previously formed hypothesis or theory.