Dangers of residual confounding: a cautionary tale featuring cognitive ability, socioeconomic background, and education
Abstract Background Cognitive ability and socioeconomic background (SEB) have been previously identified as determinants of achieved level of education. According to a “discrimination hypothesis”, higher cognitive ability is required from those with lower SEB in order to achieve the same level of ed...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Psychology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00653-z |