What Is the Purpose of a Correlational Study of Multiple

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a correlational study of multiple variables?

• A) To identify the independent variable
• B) To test whether one variable causes another variable
• C) To examine relationships between or among variables
• D) To distinguish how different one variable is from another variable

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