One Media Report of Karpinski's Study of Facebook Use and Grades

question 3

Multiple Choice

One media report of Karpinski's study of Facebook use and grades used the following headline: "Sad but true: Using Facebook can lower your GPA." This headline is misleading because the study

• A) showed that Facebook use is only a problem for first-year students.
• B) merely showed an association between Facebook use and poor grades.
• C) was limited to students on Facebook.
• D) found a causal relationship only for humanities and social science students.

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