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tiffannnnyyyyyy

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What is the third-variable problem?
 
  a. When a researcher measures so many variables that it's difficult to make sense of the data.
  b. When a research considers only one direction of causation between two variables that are strongly correlated.
  c. When a researcher measures variables that are not relevant to the relationship he or she is most interested in.
  d. When a researcher fails to consider that two variables may be correlated due only to the effects of some unmeasured third variable.

Question 2

If the hypothesis states that A causes B and the r statistic demonstrates that A and B have a correlation of 0, it can be concluded that
 
  a. A causes B.
  b. B causes A.
  c. A does not cause B.
  d. none of the above



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C





 

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