Genotype-Environment Covariance for Multiple Phenotypes: A Multivariate Test Using Adopted and Nonadopted Children.

Baker, Laura A.

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ERIC Number: EJ406332

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Publication Date: 1989

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Genotype-Environment Covariance for Multiple Phenotypes: A Multivariate Test Using Adopted and Nonadopted Children.

Baker, Laura A.

Multivariate Behavioral Research, v24 n4 p415-30 Oct 1989

A bivariate generalization of the genotype-environment covariation (GEC) is presented. A multivariate procedure for detecting univariate and bivariate GEC is also described and illustrated via a study of 136 adopted and 125 non-adopted 4-year-old children. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematical Models, Multivariate Analysis, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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