What is meant by selection bias in child care?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Children and parents select into or choose certain kinds of child care based on their preexisting characteristics. (This makes it difficult to determine the effect of child care quality.) That is, parents who place their children in low-quality care tend to be less educated, more stressed, and less involved with their children. Parents who place their children in high-quality care tend to be educated, psychologically healthy, married, sensitive, authoritative, and have good verbal ability. Thus, children in high-quality care have preexisting advantages.
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a. immigration acts b. civil rights legislation c. multicultural studies d. all of the above
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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