A Cause-And-Effect Relationship Between Factors That Can Be Easy to Assume

question 48

Multiple Choice

A cause-and-effect relationship between factors that can be easy to assume but difficult to prove is called

• A)mode.
• B)correlation.
• C)causation.
• D)trends.
• E)mean.

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