Name the three criteria that must be met in order to argue successfully that two variables are associated.
What will be an ideal response?
The cause must precede the effect, changes in the dependent must result of a change in the independent variable, and the association must be present “often enough.”
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A. The field is built upon a static foundation of practices that have changed little in the past century. B. The field is dynamically affected by social and technological trends. C. The growth of privatization threatens to make the field obsolete. D. It is a field that requires highly specialized skills.