One Advantage of Knowing the Correlation Between Two Variables Is

question 36

Multiple Choice

One advantage of knowing the correlation between two variables is that ________.

• A)the size of the correlation helps determine whether the variables are important enough to devote further research to them
• B)one variable can then be used to predict another
• C)one variable can be eliminated from the theory
• D)this knowledge helps us understand the limitations of social research
• E)since correlation does not indicate causal relationships,there is no advantage

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