When a Relationship Is Spurious

question 15

Multiple Choice

When a relationship is spurious:

• A) the two variables under investigation are not empirically correlated
• B) the relationship is deterministic
• C) the two variables cannot be included as independent variables
• D) the correlation between two variables is not a causal one

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Definitions:

Present Dividend

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Market Return

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Growth Rate

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