What causes a spurious correlation?

a. a positive correlation that appears as a negative correlation
b. the effect of a third variable on both of the original variables
c. unreliable operational definitions of the variables
d. a research design that is not verifiable
e. the lack of any apparent relationship among the variables


B

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