Mill's Method of Concomitant Variations Helps to Identify Causes by Observing

question 28

Multiple Choice

Mill's method of concomitant variations helps to identify causes by observing:

• A)whether adding additional factors results in an increase or decrease in the effect
• B)whether an increase or decrease in the suspected cause results in an increase or decrease in the effect
• C)a larger sample of instances
• D)a more diverse sample of instances
• E)whether the effect varies over time, while the suspected causal factor remains the same

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