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Making inferences to a greater population can only take place when the research investigator(s) conduct a longitudinal or experimental study that is sample selection appropriate and statistical processes are used to analyze the data. In fact, the authors began the article by stating that the research investigation was cross-sectional and later termed the research investigation a longitudinal study. Along with the erred research design and design confusion were the authors' lack of appropriate data selection procedures (i.e., non-random selection) and lack of measurement accurateness. The authors reported that their data came from observations over a six-year period of time and the data was then analyzed. However, the authors failed to inform the reader how these observations were quantified with respect to numeric values garnered from the observations. According to the authors correlations were run to determine certain relationships; however, the sought after relationships were never defined or adequately reported upon. Such an omission renders the study without sufficient merit.

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Lastly, and with respect to the literature review, limitations and practice implications, the most that can be said is that the authors have not complied with best fit research practice. There was no supportive literature to support the study itself and limitations with respect to sample, design, measurement values were simply non-existent. In addition, the authors violated proper writing style by using personal pronouns, beginning a sentence with the word it, and over-generalizing the results to a wider population that permitted. Finally, the authors in one instance reported that 42 families were sampled then went on to report that it was 42 children that were longitudinally observed. At no time in the beginning of the study did the authors mention 42 children. This leaves the reader wonder which is which. This particular article, setting aside that it is not a peer reviewed article should be relegated to….....

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