Researchers Must Be Careful About Making Statements of Cause and Effect

question 19

Multiple Choice

Researchers must be careful about making statements of cause and effect with respect to correlational studies because

• A) correlational studies cannot be tested for significance.
• B) correlational designs do not follow the scientific method.
• C) correlation coefficients are not recognized as real statistics.
• D) correlational studies do not allow the active manipulation of variables.

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