Researchers studying the relationship between honesty, age and self-control cond

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Researchers studying the relationship between honesty, age and self-control conducted an experiment on 160 children between the ages of 5 and 15.

Participants reported their age, sex, and whether they were an only child or not. The researchers asked each child to toss a fair coin in private and to record the outcome (white or black) on a paper sheet, and said they would only reward children who report white.

Half the students were explicitly told not to cheat and the others were not given any explicit instructions.             

In the no instruction group probability of cheating was found to be uniform across groups based on child's characteristics.                  

In the group that was explicitly told to not cheat, girls were less likely to cheat, and while rate of cheating didn't vary by age for boys, it decreased with age for girls.

Identify

(a) the cases,

(b) the variables and their types, and

(c) the main research question

in this study.

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Explanation / Answer

(a) The cases: 160 children that the research is performed on.

(b) The variables and their kinds: age(numerical), sex (categorical), white(categorical), black(categorical).

(c) The chief study question: the relationship amongst honesty, age and discipline of children amongst the ages of 5 years and 15 years in this research.

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