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TVarnum

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on: Jun 20, 2018
You are watching a television news program and the reporter claims that researchers now know
  drinking coffee causes heart attacks because as coffee sales have increased in the last year, the
  number of heart attacks has also gone up.
 
  Should you put down that cup of coffee to save your
  life?
  A) Maybe, because a positive correlation is more valid than a negative correlation.
  B) Yes, because the relationship between two variables can support causality.
  C) Not yet, this is only a correlation does not imply coffee causes heart attacks.
  D) I would if I even drank coffee, but I prefer tea.

Question 2

The main defining characteristic of an ex post facto study is
 
  A) participants are no longer available for data collection
  B) you analyze data after the experiment is complete
  C) the IVs in the study have already occurred and cannot be directly manipulated
  D) groups are compared on the degree of agreement after the fact


fauacakatahaias

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

This is awesome you took your the time to answer these questions. You have been so helpful.

Answer to Question 2

Thanks for your help Worked like a charm.


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