Suppose there is a relationship between variables A and B. You introduce variable C as a control variable, and the relationship between A and B disappears in the partials. Then

a. the relationship between A and B was clearly spurious.
b. this is clearly an example of explanation.
c. variable C is clearly an antecedent variable.
d. variable C is clearly a distorter variable.
e. None of these choices is correct.


E

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