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Name the four kinds of useful information that you can get about a set of measurement data once it has been organized and summarized.

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Four hundred women participated in this study. Researchers found that children ages 3 and 4 whose mothers smoked 10 or more cigarettes a day during pregnancy scored about 9 points lower on intelligence tests than the children of nonsmokers. The gap narrowed to 4 points against children of nonsmokers when a wide range of interrelated factors were controlled for. The lead researcher was quoted as saying It is comparable to the effects that moderate levels of lead exposure have on children's IQ scores.. Which of the following describes difficulties with this study?
 a. Generalizability
  b. Confounding variables
  c. Possible experimenter effect
  d. All of the above


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

1) THE CENTER; 2) THE VARIABILITY; 3) THE SHAPE; AND 4) UNUSUAL VALUES (OUTLIERS).

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Gracias!

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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