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Does Early Language Reduce Tantrums? A recent headline reads
“Early Language Skills Reduce Preschool Tantrums, Study...
- Does Early Language Reduce Tantrums? A recent headline reads
“Early Language Skills Reduce Preschool Tantrums, Study Finds,” and
the article offers a potential explanation for this: “Verbalizing
their frustrations may help little ones cope.” The article refers
to a study that recorded the language skill level and the number of
tantrums of a sample of preschoolers.
- Is this an observational study or a randomized experiment?
- Assuming the sample is representative of the population of all
toddlers, can we conclude that “Early Language Skills Reduce
Preschool Tantrums”? Why or why not?
- Give a potential confounding variable. Explain how your
confounding variable is associated with both the explanatory and
the response variables.