What Is a Correlation

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is a correlation?

• A)when changing one variable affects a change in another variable
• B)when two things occur together,but one does not necessarily cause the other to happen
• C)a study where a variable is manipulated in one group to compare the response to another group
• D)research that gathers data in a real-world setting without manipulating any variables
• E)the mathematical evaluation of experimental data to determine likely differences due to an observed variable

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Definitions:

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