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The Sex Difference in Voice Pitch Dwarfs Every Other Known Effect

Terminal understanding 4, stated in this sub-domain because it is a fact about the instrument. The seed paper separates male from female pitch by roughly 5 SD (PAPER_FACTS), which is enormous next to anything genetic it found. Establishing the scale here, before any genetics is taught, means the student meets the small numbers of sub-domains C and D already holding a ruler, rather than being told afterwards that a result was small.

Questions this Concept answers

  • Why is it useful to learn the size of the sex difference in pitch before meeting any genetic result about pitch?