If We Were to Discover a 'Spurious' Relationship We Would

question 3

Multiple Choice

If we were to discover a 'spurious' relationship we would expect a relationship which

• A) exists between two constructs, but is not an authentic relationship
• B) exists between two constructs and we have high confidence that it is a valid relationship.
• C) doesn't exist between two constructs, but we wished it did.
• D) doesn't exist between two constructs, but researchers just can't find out why it exists.

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