Steve Studies Happiness in Romantic Relationships

question 36

Multiple Choice

Steve studies happiness in romantic relationships.He conducted a study in which he expected a positive relationship between happiness and time spent together.Instead,he found a concept relation of spuriousness. What is the confound?

• A)flaws in Steve's research method education,which resulted in Steve committing errors and producing incorrect results
• B)unemployment,because this affects both happiness and time spent together
• C)grand theory,because the choice of grand theory influences data interpretation
• D)negative relations,because the positive relation didn't work out as Steve expected

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