A Study Shows That the High Turnover Rate at a Company

question 39

Multiple Choice

A study shows that the high turnover rate at a company is only caused by the domineering attitude of a middle manager. What criteria of causal inference does this example show?

• A) The study was conducted in an open environment.
• B) No alternative explanation exists for the correlation.
• C) The presumed effect precedes the presumed cause in time.
• D) The two variables are not correlated.
• E) The sample size is large enough.

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