University students who drink may have grown up in families with a lot of stress that may not have valued education. Therefore, a correlation found between grades and drinking may be caused by pre-existing conditions for the students. If so, the correlation between grades and drinking would be considered:
a. a triangulated relationship.
b. a secondary relationship.
c. a spurious relationship.
d. an aftereffect.
c
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