In Cases Where One Variable Seems to Cause Another, Yet

question 22

Multiple Choice

In cases where one variable seems to cause another, yet the relation between the two makes no sense, there is a:

• A)spurious relationship.
• B)synthetic relationship.
• C)nomothetic relationship.
• D)causal relationship.
• E)correlational relationship.

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Definitions:

Distribution

The spread of values of a variable or the frequencies of occurrence of different possible outcomes in a dataset.

Sign Test Statistic

A test that does not assume a specific data distribution, employed to evaluate if paired observations have a median that differs.

Sign Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to determine if there is a median difference between paired observations.

N

Often represents the sample size or the number of participants or observations in a study.