Many Studies Have Explored the Relationship Between Smoking and Health

question 16

Multiple Choice

Many studies have explored the relationship between smoking and health problems.If one of these studies found a Spearman's rho of +0.78 between amount of smoking and seriousness of health problems,this would indicate

• A)that smoking causes health problems.
• B)a positive,causal relationship between these variables.
• C)a positive,strong relationship between these variables.
• D)a positive,statistically significant relationship between these variables.

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