In Conducting a Project to Study the Relationship Between Number

question 21

Multiple Choice

In conducting a project to study the relationship between number of criminal offenses committed and education, a researcher introduces the variable of age. When this was done, the relationship between education and crime disappeared. What type of research was conducted?

• A)replication
• B)spurious relationship
• C)explanation
• D)interpretation
• E)descriptive

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