Rosenthal and Jacobson's Book,Pygmalion in the Classroom Illustrated the Power

question 19

Multiple Choice

Rosenthal and Jacobson's book,Pygmalion in the Classroom illustrated the power of:

• A) I.Q. tests
• B) Cultural deprivation
• C) De facto segregation
• D) Self-fulfilling prophecy

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Definitions:

Negative Association

A correlation between two variables in which one variable decreases as the other increases, indicating an inverse relationship.

Moderate Association

A statistical term describing a relationship between two variables that is not weak, but not strongly predictive either, often indicated by a correlation coefficient that is neither close to 0 nor to 1.

Moderately Strong Association

A statistical term indicating that there is a noticeable but not overwhelming relationship between two variables.

Little or No Association

A term used in statistics to describe a situation where there is minimal or no statistical relationship between two variables.