Which of the following is NOT a drawback to correlational studies?

a. Researchers must give up some control of the research conditions.
b. One can never ensure that groups are comparable in every way.
c. Subjects cannot be assigned randomly to the various conditions.
d. The results may not hold true in the real world outside of the laboratory.
e. It cannot be determined whether one variable caused a change in the other.


d. The results may not hold true in the real world outside of the laboratory.

Psychology

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a. synaptic vesicle b. primary cluster c. nerve d. myelinated pathway

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