The Third Variable Problem Refers to

question 1

Multiple Choice

The third variable problem refers to

• A) correlations that are not reliable.
• B) correlations that are not valid
• C) correlations between two variables that exist only because of their relations with another variable
• D) correlations must include a minimum of three factors to be reliable.

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