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The Adipocyte-Number Hypothesis.
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Roche, Alex F. – Child Development, 1981
Contrary to the deterministic nature of the adipocyte- number hypothesis, correlations between adiposity data recorded during infancy and data recorded during the school- age period or later are very low. There is no convincing evidence the obese infant has more than a slight tendency to become an obese adult. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Obesity, Research Methodology, Research Problems
Assessing the Correlates of Over- and Underrating of Academic Competence: A Conceptual Clarification and a Methodological Proposal.
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Assor, Avi; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Addresses three issues concerning the assessment of the overrating and underrating of academic competence: (1) the impossibility of separating effects of overrating and underrating from effects of perceived and actual competence; (2) the questionable validity of Connell and Ilardi's method; and (3) the proposal of a new method and its implications…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Rating, Analysis of Variance, Children