In a study of 418 children in Grade 6 in Jamaica, West Indies the independent variables were sex, family size, birth order, occupational level, father's presence, preference for conceptual style, field dependence, reading achievement, and mental ability. Mathematics achievement was the dependent variable. Stepwise regression analysis yielded mental ability, reading achievement, and family size as the best predictors, in that order, of achievement in mathematics.
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