Elmo wants to know whether student motivation predicts student achievement when controlling for student gender and student race/ethnicity. He collects all student motivation data (measured on a Likert-type scale from 1-5, 1 being low motivation, and 5 being high motivation) and student achievement data (% achievement in class, where 90% or higher is an A). Student gender is measured (male, female, non-binary), and student race/ethnicity is measured (Black, White, Latinx, Asian, multi-racial). Elmo finds that student motivation predicts student achievement when controlling for student gender and student race/ethnicity (p<.001).

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