Faced with data that do not support an assumption of independence between two variables in a population, a researcher should
a. immediately rejects the assumption of independence.
b. attribute this discrepancy to an unrepresentative sample or reject the assumption of independence.
c. retest the data in order to confirm these initial findings.
d. immediately assume that the sample was unrepresentative of the population.
e. ignore the findings as incorrect and start again.
B
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