CoursHeroTranscribedText: LOGIC INTERFERENCE 1 SCIENCE OF UNCERTAINITY Sandra Onyekachi Viehoever Walden University LOGIC INTERFERENCE Science of Uncertainty The research article that I choose for this discussion is a study done on the impact of violence during childhood on academic achievement. In this research violence was divided into three categories which is as follows: Nonphysical Physical Sexual. Whereby, the researchers concluded that physical and sexual abuse had the greatest impact on academic after considering these factors, along with several other social and socioeconomic factors achievement (Huang, and Mossige, 2012). The research described in this article is important because it showed information about what can be used in developing a support system both in the home and in the schools for students who have been exposed to violence and may need special attention to achieve their full potential as students. The information provided can be helpful to educators, families as well as the children experiencing the violence. This research can be represented in the equation Y=f(X)+E as Academic Achievement=f(Violence Experienced in Childhood)+E. Academic achievement is the dependent variable and violence experience during childhood is the independent variable. The model in this research might be wrong because it showed how academic achievement is affected by violence. Haung and Mossige (2012), showed that home violence was reported more often by children who came from low socioeconomic home. This is possible due to the fact that in this type of environment education is not valued as in higher socioeconomic homes so parental support may not be as available and that may be more of an influence on academic achievement. LOGIC INTERFERENCE Measurement error could be present. The authors of the article point out that data is collected from the students about events that took place in the previous years. If their memories are inaccurate it would be included in the measurement. References Dietz, T., & Kalof, L. (2009) Introduction to social statistics: The logic of statistics. West Sussex, U.K. Huang, L., & Mossige, S. (2012). Academic achievement in Norwegian secondary schools: The impact of violence during childhood. Social Psychology Of Education, 15(2), 147164. doi:10.1007/s11218-011-9174-y