Why Should a Researcher Not Interpret a Correlation That Is

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why should a researcher not interpret a correlation that is not statistically significant?

• A)It is based on too few participants.
• B)The correlation in the population is likely to be zero.
• C)Correlation does not imply causality.
• D)The data are likely to contain outliers.

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