Author Question: It is difficult to establish all the cause-and-effect relationships in a social situation because ... (Read 73 times)

leilurhhh · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

It is difficult to establish all the cause-and-effect relationships in a social situation because ________

a. most patterns of behavior have a single cause.
b. most patterns of behavior are random and have no cause at all.
c. most patterns of behavior are caused by many factors.
d. sociologists are not able to reach conclusions about cause and effect.

Question 2

An apparent, although false, association between two variables that is caused by a third variable is called ________

a. a spurious correlation.
b. an unproven correlation.
c. an unreliable correlation.
d. an invalid correlation.