What Is a Necessary Condition to Establish Causality

question 57

Multiple Choice

What is a necessary condition to establish causality?

• A)Two variables must be positively correlated.
• B)Two variables must be negatively correlated.
• C)The independent variable must precede the dependent variable.
• D)The relationship between the independent variable and dependent variable
• Must be spurious.

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