A Researcher Finds That the Number of Murders Committed During

question 112

Multiple Choice

A researcher finds that the number of murders committed during a summer is correlated with the number of ice cream cones consumed. However, they realize that there is a third variable problem related to this finding. What might this problem be?

• A) It's possible that people eat more ice cream to console themselves about news that murder is being committed, rather than murder being committed as a result of ice cream sales.
• B) High temperatures might be causing both greater ice cream sales and more aggressive acts of violence.
• C) Victims of murder cannot be randomly assigned to a condition.
• D) The number of murders committed in an area might not only be causing more ice cream sales, but also more toy sales.

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