Which of the following statements is true of the nonexperimental method?
A. Both variables can be directly manipulated and controlled to arrive at results.
B. It eliminates the influence of all potential confounding third variables on the dependent variable.
C. The problem of direction of cause and effect is not the most serious drawback to this method.
D. With this method, one variable is manipulated and the other is then measured.
Answer: C
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