In latent difference score models of ability domains, nearly all PGS-to-change pathways are small and nonsignificant, while age consistently predicts pre-test level and change¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
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q2 i? Across latent factors for the ability domains, all but one pathway from PGS to the pre-test or latent difference score was small and statistically nonsignificant, and PGS × age interactions were also nonsignificant. → Cherry Youn 2022 q2 i? In contrast, pathways from age to the pre-test factor model and to the latent difference score were consistently significant. → Cherry Youn 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Cherry Youn 2022¶

Cherry Youn, Andrew D. Grotzinger, Christina M. Lill, Lars Bertram, Florian Schmiedek, Martin Lövdén, Ulman Lindenberger, Michel Nivard, K. Paige Harden, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob. (2022). Genetic associations with learning over 100 days of practice. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00121-2

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Latent difference score modeling in Mplus (version 8) of the three ability-domain factors, using the full sample with maximum-likelihood estimation, measurement invariance across time, and age group and PGS covariates. The article reports pathways "were small in magnitude and statistically nonsignificant".

"all but one pathway from PGS to the pre- or the latent difference score were small in magnitude and statistically nonsignificant"

Cherry Youn 2022 (2)¶

Cherry Youn, Andrew D. Grotzinger, Christina M. Lill, Lars Bertram, Florian Schmiedek, Martin Lövdén, Ulman Lindenberger, Michel Nivard, K. Paige Harden, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob. (2022). Genetic associations with learning over 100 days of practice. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00121-2

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Same LDSM analysis: the article reports "consistently significant pathways (1) from age to the pre-test factor model and (2) from age to the latent difference score", while PGS × age group interactions were nonsignificant.

"In contrast, we found consistently significant pathways (1) from age to the pre-test factor model and (2) from age to the latent difference score."

Discussion¶

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