Dr Schmidt Is Studying the Effectiveness of a New Reading

Multiple Choice

Dr. Schmidt is studying the effectiveness of a new reading program on children who have experienced an impoverished family background and low maternal involvement among minority children. She will separate children into two groups; one that gets the new reading program and one that uses the current reading program. She will also use random assignment to create her two groups. The groups created in this manner would NOT be comparable with regard to which characteristic?

A) minority status
B) maternal involvement
C) family income level
D) paternal education level