Phyllis found a strong relationship between a student's level of academic achievement and whether that student came from a single parent and two-parent home. She controlled for the student's race in a trivariate table. She then found that the relationship held only for Asian students. In the elaboration paradigm, this is an example of
A) interpretation pattern.
B) explanation pattern.
C) specification pattern.
D) replication pattern.

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This is an example of a specification pattern because the relationship between academic achievement and family structure is specified to hold only for a particular subgroup (Asian students) when controlling for another variable (race).

Phyllis Found a Strong Relationship Between a Student's Level of Academic