Faced with Data That Do Not Support an Assumption of Independence

question 17

Multiple Choice

Faced with data that do not support an assumption of independence between two variables in a population, a researcher should:

• A)immediately reject the assumption of independence.
• B)attribute this discrepancy to an unrepresentative sample or reject the assumption of independence.
• C)retest the data in order to confirm these initial findings.
• D)immediately assume that the sample was unrepresentative of the population.
• E)ignore the findings as incorrect and start again.

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