CHYS 2P35 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tap Water, Vise, Phonological Awareness
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Validity: internal, extent to which other explanations can be ruled out. All of these notions ^ are important for research. Research has shown that autism has increased. Correlation: higher the pollution higher the autism vise versa. Tap water: 27 studies in china were made and fluoride was added into water but fluoride can cause lower immune functioning, therefore drinking tap water could be linked to autism. A significant rise in autism prevalence followed a 1994 broadening of denmark"s diagnostic criteria for the disorder (they made autism bigger) 1 in 6 children are diagnosed with a disorder (video) We are interested in studying the independent variable. Find it in the method section in textbooks, books etc. Method section is for someone who wants to do the research again. When people do it again the results are never same. Identify children at-risk for learning disabilities in kindergarten. When pronouncing some words take out some letters and see how children pronounce the words.