An Apparent,although False,association Between Two Variables That Is Caused by a Third

question 52

Multiple Choice

An apparent,although false,association between two variables that is caused by a third variable is called

• A)a spurious correlation.
• B)an unproven correlation.
• C)an unreliable correlation.
• D)an invalid correlation.

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