What Is a Spurious Relationship

question 36

Multiple Choice

What is a spurious relationship?

• A) an apparent relationship among three or more variables having causal relationships with each other
• B) an apparent relationship between two factors that has the appearance of linkage but, in reality, does not
• C) an apparent relationship between two factors with an established causal relationship
• D) an apparent relationship between two variables for which a causal link has yet to be established

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