Correlations and many other statistical measures are useful in:

a. devising explanations based on the association between two or more variables
b. developing social policy
c. disputes between people who hold strong, but differing, opinions
d. winning political arguments, but have little scientific validity


a. devising explanations based on the association between two or more variables

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What will be an ideal response?

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