Participants were asked to rate the importance of achieving honor-roll status. Researchers found that students from smaller families rated the importance more highly than students from larger families. The research team concluded that a student's attitude toward school achievement is the result of family size. Which of the following is the most important error made by the research team

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Joseph Blackwell

28 November, 12:47

Participants were asked to rate the importance of achieving honor-roll status. Researchers found that students from smaller families rated the importance more highly than students from larger families. The research team concluded that a student's attitude toward school achievement is the result of family size. Which of the following is the most important error made by the research team

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Kamila Hurley · Answer 1

The most important error made by the researcher was without considering the fact most students from the larger families might have not participated in the experiment therby giving those from the smaller families an edge.

This on the long run, led to those students from the smaller families to rate the importance of the honor-roll status very high