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Variable X Is Correlated with Variable Y

Question 21

Question 21

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Variable X is correlated with Variable Y. Which of the following could explain this correlation?


A) X causes Y.
B) Y causes X.
C) A third variable causes or influences both X and Y.
D) All of these are possible explanations.

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