Which of the Following Represent Criteria for Causality

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represent criteria for causality?

• A)there is a correlation between the cause and the effect
• B)the effect precedes the cause in time
• C)the change in the effect is caused by some third variable
• D)cause in social science is not probabilistic

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