Suppose You Found Out That There Was a Strong Positive

question 128

Multiple Choice

Suppose you found out that there was a strong positive correlation between the number of minutes parents spend reading to children and the number of minutes parents spend engaging in athletic activity with children. If you conclude that engaging in high levels of athletic activity with children causes parents to read to them more, which of the following problems would be MOST likely to occur?

• A)third-variable problem
• B)direction of correlation problem
• C)direction of causation problem
• D)insufficient knowledge problem

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