tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post286535302994150128..comments2023-09-09T09:26:22.175-04:00Comments on Andrew Samwick's Blog: Books and FreakonomicsAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-19999405581706834182005-05-09T09:26:00.000-04:002005-05-09T09:26:00.000-04:00I wonder if their is a bias in the measurement of ...I wonder if their is a bias in the measurement of reading to a child.<br><br>A child lives at home for about 18 years. So during that time you probably read to it from the age of 1 to 7. After the child is over 7 it reads to itself.<br><br>Thus, the period you read to a child is only about one-third of the time it is at home.<br><br>So if you look at a home that has 2 teenagers but a lot of books you find that the parents never read to the child.<br><br>I have not seen the study, but would this bias the results.spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09040914017546442297noreply@blogger.com