For a Project in Your Research Methods Class, You Conducted

question 21

Multiple Choice

For a project in your research methods class, you conducted a correlational research method.You know that this method does not allow you to determine cause and effect.Thus, you must ask yourself which of the following question s) when you are looking at the results?

• A)Is X causing Y?
• B)Is Y causing X?
• C)Is there a third variable causing both X and Y to be related?
• D)all of the above

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