If a Relationship Between Two Variables Is Spurious

question 34

Multiple Choice

If a relationship between two variables is spurious:

• A)it is curvilinear.
• B)it can disappear when a third variable is controlled for.
• C)it will remain unchanged when a third variable is controlled for.
• D)it involves a mediating variable.

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