Question

A researcher finds that two variables, A and B, are correlated. All of the following could be true EXCEPT O a. Variable A causes changes in variable B O b. Variable B causes changes in variable A O c. Variables A and B are related O d. Variables A and B are unrelated e Variables A and B are related because they are both caused by variable

Answer 1

d. variables A and B are unrelated

(make sure that these were the only options, it could happen that two variables that might have a correlation coefficient might be totally unrelated)

Explanation:

Since the variables A and B are already correlated, then they cannot be unrelated