Perceived neighborhood safety is not significantly associated with standardized test scores or GPA once confounding variables are controlled¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The link between perceived neighborhood safety and standardized test scores was not significant when other confounding variables were controlled. → Martin-Storey 2014 q3 i? No significant association was found between perceived safety and GPA when individual, family, and school-level variables were controlled. → Martin-Storey 2014 (2)

Evidence¶

Martin-Storey 2014¶

Martin-Storey, A., & Crosnoe, R. (2014). Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Adolescent School Functioning. Applied Developmental Science, 18(2), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2014.876276

q3 · i? · associational · r3

SEM models of SECCYD data (n = 924) predicting age-15 Woodcock-Johnson test scores with and without external neighborhood measures; the authors attribute the null to "the very strong continuity in test scores over time". No effect size printed.

"The link between perceived neighborhood safety and standardized test scores was not significant when other confounding variables were controlled. Indeed, no neighborhood measures were associated with test scores"

Martin-Storey 2014 (2)¶

Martin-Storey, A., & Crosnoe, R. (2014). Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Adolescent School Functioning. Applied Developmental Science, 18(2), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2014.876276

q3 · i? · associational · r3

SEM models predicting grade-9 GPA in the full SECCYD sample (n = 924) with all covariates; the safety coefficient was non-significant. Equivalence was not tested; no effect size printed.

"Next, no significant association was found between perceived safety and GPA, when individual, family, and school-level variables were controlled."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Safety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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