Question: In every situation above, the standard errors for the model predicting self-control for respondents in good neighborhoods are lower than the standard errors predicting self-control
In every situation above, the standard errors for the model predicting self-control for respondents in good neighborhoods are lower than the standard errors predicting self-control for respondents in bad neighborhoods. What might be one reason why this might occur?
Table 1 below provides slopes, standard errors, and betas for several variables used to predict levels of self-control (higher scores = lower self-control) for respondents living in good and bad neighborhoods.
| Table 1. OLS Regression Predicting Low Self-Control Across Neighborhood Type | ||||||
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Good Neighborhoods (n = 356) |
Bad Neighborhoods (n = 186) | ||||
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Measure |
B |
SE |
Beta |
B |
SE |
Beta
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Age (in Years) |
-.215* |
.094 |
-.117 |
.107 |
.160 |
.050 |
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Sex (1 = Males) |
.699** |
.224 |
.160 |
.129 |
.361 |
.026 |
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Race (1 = Whites) |
.059 |
.261 |
.012 |
-.499 |
.382 |
-.101 |
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Parental Supervision (Higher = More Supervision) |
-.277** |
.023 |
-.063 |
-.026 |
.364 |
-.005 |
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Parental Responsiveness (Higher = More Responsive) |
-.098** |
.032 |
.161 |
.096 |
.058 |
.228 |
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School Socialization (Higher = More Socialization) |
-.249** |
.085 |
-.154 |
-.042 |
.112 |
-.027 |
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Maternal Smoking (1 = Smoked During Pregnancy) |
.580* |
.277 |
.109 |
1.02** |
.388 |
.193 |
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Constant |
6.105 |
1.750 |
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.460 |
2.620 |
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R2 |
.313 |
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.273 |
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* p < .05; ** p < .01
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