Using the Nonexperimental Method, a Researcher Collects Data on Exercise

question 12

Multiple Choice

Using the nonexperimental method, a researcher collects data on exercise and anxiety from a number of people and finds that exercise is negatively related to anxiety-that is, the people who exercise more tend to have lower levels of anxiety. What does this scenario demonstrate?

• A)Temporal precedence
• B)Covariation between variables
• C)Elimination of possible causes
• D)Non-sufficient element of inference of cause

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