Stricter Standards Designed to Increase the Quality and Safety of Children's

question 18

Multiple Choice

Stricter standards designed to increase the quality and safety of children's settings have the potential to push some children into settings that are less safe because:

• A)implementing more rigorous safety standards carries more hidden costs.
• B)children are tempted to engage in more risky situations when more rigorous safety standards are in place.
• C)parents don't support more rigorous safety standards.
• D)child care centers will not be able to follow more rigorous safety standards.

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Definitions:

Multiple Regression Analysis

Regression analysis involving two or more independent variables.

Multiple Regression Equation

The mathematical equation relating the expected value or mean value of the dependent variable to the values of the independent variables; that is, E(y) = b0 + b1x1 + b2x2 + . . . + bpxp.

Estimated

Refers to the approximation or guesswork made to find out a value that is not precisely known.

Nonlinear

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