Identify a true statement about theories:

A. They are ideas that summarize and explain facts.
B. They are consensus statements about what one observes.
C. They are testable propositions that describe relationships that may exist between events.
D. They are one's personal convictions about what is desirable and how others ought to behave.


Answer: A

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