A Reporter Studied the Causes of a Fire to a House,and

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Multiple Choice

A reporter studied the causes of a fire to a house,and established a strong positive association between the damages $$\text { (in dollars) }$$ and the number of firefighters at the scene.Describe three different possible cause-and-effect relationships that might be present.

• A)Perhaps the damages cause more firefighters at the scene,firefighters cause more damages at the scene,or both could be caused by a lurking variable such as the type of the building.
• B)There is only one cause-and-effect relationship: firefighters cause more damages at the scene.
• C)There are only two cause-and-effect relationships: damages cause more firefighters at the scene,or firefighters cause more damages at the scene.
• D)There is only one cause-and-effect relationship: the damages cause more firefighters at the scene.
• E)Perhaps the damages cause more firefighters at the scene,firefighters cause more damages at the scene ,or both could be caused by a lurking variable such as the size of the blaze.

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Disbursements

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Employees As Wages

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