the study a practical as well as conceptual significance.
One weakness of the study was that not all of the demographic factors examined (e.g. gender, age, marital status, number of children, etc.) were tied into existing research claims about the sample, leaving the reader to wonder why they were selected for examination. For example, grade-point average was examined. However, in the section discussing the existing research serving as the study's rationale, this variable was not mentioned at all. In fact, the discussion of the existing research foc
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