Nonshared Environmental Influences on Academic Achievement at Age 16
Twin studies find ~20% of the variance in achievement in public examinations taken at age 16 in the United Kingdom can be explained by experiences not shared within families. Nonshared environmental (NSE) influences, including measurement error, explain why monozygotic (MZ) twins differ from each ot...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-10-01
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| Series: | AERA Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858416673596 |