Suppose richer children are more likely to own textbooks. Would the estimate in the table provided have overestimates or underestimates of the true effect of owning a textbook? Why?

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Suppose richer children are more likely to own textbooks. Would the estimate in the table provided have overestimates or underestimates of the true effect of owning a textbook? Why?

 

  English Math Science All
Student-Owned Books 0.178*** 0.087*** 0.054 0.116***
Sample Size 10,115 10,129 10,068 30,312
         

*significant at 10%, **significant at 5%,

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