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What type of control are you suggesting? If you want to rule out genetic effects, you'd have to look at adaption studies.
by murbard2 11y ago
What type of control are you suggesting? If you want to rule out genetic effects, you'd have to look at adaption studies.
- ceejayoz 11y agoA large enough random selection of low-income persons for both control and experimental groups should rule out genetic differences as the cause of differences between the two.
- murbard2 11y agoWhy do you expect to see a difference between the two if the two groups come from the same population?
- ceejayoz 11y agoBecause, as the article states, the experimental group will be given three years of significant income supplements, while the control will not. > In this study, we’ll recruit 1,000 low-income families across the country at the time of their children’s birth. Half of the families will receive a large monthly income supplement, and half will receive a nominal monthly income supplement. They’ll get these payments every month for the first three years of their children’s lives. In this way, we’ll be able to study the effect of poverty reduction on children’s cognitive, emotional and brain development, as well as the effect on family behaviors.
- murbard2 11y agoI somehow missed that part, thanks for the clarification.