Mabel Did a Study on Regional Differences in Christmas Gift-Giving

question 17

Multiple Choice

Mabel did a study on regional differences in Christmas gift-giving and,after observing the empirical relationship,she developed an hypothesis to explain the relationship.Mabel was engaging in

• A)ex post facto hypothesizing.
• B)elaboration.
• C)distorter variable construction.
• D)sample reconstruction.
• E)deductive reasoning

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